THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
1837-1910
The first of rectangular form, the main faces painted with historical worthies, inscriptions on the sides identifying the scenes and dated dingyou (1837 or 1897), the foot with an apocryphal Chenghua mark; the second of ovoid form, painted with a scene of Manchu officials riding towards 'Victory Gate', the recessed foot with a six-character Yongzheng mark; the third of flattened rounded rectangular form, one side molded with a covered tripod on a stand above a Han dynasty seal reading Xunyang ling yin, reversed by a painted scene of a boatman approaching an island where two scholars sit by a grove of trees.
2 7/8in (7.3cm) high, the tallest