THREE CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES Late 19th/20th century
PROPERTY OF A SAN DIEGO COLLECTOR
THREE CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
Late 19th/20th century
Including a well-hollowed opal bottle decorated with two cranes and a gnarled pine rising from rocks; an amethyst bottle of peach form carved with two leaves at the shoulder; and an amethyst bottle of tapering form carved with birds perching on flowering branches and rocks.
1 3/4in (4.6cm) length of 'pine and crane' bottle; 1 3/4in (4.3cm) height of 'peach' bottle; 2 1/4in (5.7cm) height of 'birds and flower' bottle (3 (one wood stand)).
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PROPERTY OF A SAN DIEGO COLLECTOR
THREE CHINESE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
Late 19th/20th century
Including a well-hollowed opal bottle decorated with two cranes and a gnarled pine rising from rocks; an amethyst bottle of peach form carved with two leaves at the shoulder; and an amethyst bottle of tapering form carved with birds perching on flowering branches and rocks.
1 3/4in (4.6cm) length of 'pine and crane' bottle; 1 3/4in (4.3cm) height of 'peach' bottle; 2 1/4in (5.7cm) height of 'birds and flower' bottle (3 (one wood stand)).