SIX AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES

Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty
All relief-carved and decorated with: a chilong, stopper with rabbit finial, wood stand; a prowling cat to the front and a crane and pine to the reverse, stopper with butterfly finial; prunus and bamboo, stopper and wood stand; lotus, lotus leaf stopper; crane and lotus, stopper with bird finial and a gourd-shaped bottle, matched stopper and wood stand.
The tallest bottle (with stopper): 11cm (4 3/8in) high excluding wood stand (15).

Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.