TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES

TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1900
The first of green overlay on caramel glass, one side carved with two bats flaying above the rising sun, the other side carved with two cranes flanking a mansion borne on clouds rising from the sea; the second a Yangzhou school bottle of brown overlay on white glass, carved on one side inscribed with a scene of a mounted hunter shooting a deer, inscribed de lu tu (obtaining emoluments), the other side carved with chrysanthemums and orchids in decorative vessels.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high, the taller