THREE ENAMELED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLES
THREE ENAMELED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
Each of flattened rounded form with waisted neck and flat lip; the first painted to one face with three naked babies and a lamb, reversed by three naked babies and two doves, all framed by floral and lappet borders; the second painted around the body with a puce enamel landscape between lappet borders; the third painted with two travelers in a boat on one face, the other with a sage walking along the shore with mountains in the distance; all three with an oval foot ring enclosing a four-character Qianlong mark in blue enamel.
2in (5cm) high, the tallest
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THREE ENAMELED COPPER SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
Each of flattened rounded form with waisted neck and flat lip; the first painted to one face with three naked babies and a lamb, reversed by three naked babies and two doves, all framed by floral and lappet borders; the second painted around the body with a puce enamel landscape between lappet borders; the third painted with two travelers in a boat on one face, the other with a sage walking along the shore with mountains in the distance; all three with an oval foot ring enclosing a four-character Qianlong mark in blue enamel.
2in (5cm) high, the tallest