Five snuff bottles
19th century
19th century
Including a copper-red-glazed pear-shaped bottle; a blue and white bottle painted with two spirited dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the foot inscribed with the Tongzhi six-character mark, and of the period; a black-ground porcelain bottle decorated with 'peonies' in white slip; a rose quartz bottle carved in high relief with exotic birds and flowering branches; the fifth a 'snowflake' glass bottle with applied yellow overlay work, and carved with graceful lotuses above a wave band.
2 1/4 to 2 3/4in (5.8 to 7cm) high (5).
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19th century
19th century
Including a copper-red-glazed pear-shaped bottle; a blue and white bottle painted with two spirited dragons pursuing a flaming pearl, the foot inscribed with the Tongzhi six-character mark, and of the period; a black-ground porcelain bottle decorated with 'peonies' in white slip; a rose quartz bottle carved in high relief with exotic birds and flowering branches; the fifth a 'snowflake' glass bottle with applied yellow overlay work, and carved with graceful lotuses above a wave band.
2 1/4 to 2 3/4in (5.8 to 7cm) high (5).