Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles
Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles. The first blue and white of hexagonal form with patterned reserves and hardstone stopper, inscribed at base; the second also blue and white, "soft paste" of cylindrical form decorated with scenes of warriors; the third blue and white with iron red, of cylindrical form and an extended neck, decorated with various beasts of the zodiac, apocryphal Kangxi mark to underside (3).
H: 3 1/4 in. (tallest)
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Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles. The first blue and white of hexagonal form with patterned reserves and hardstone stopper, inscribed at base; the second also blue and white, "soft paste" of cylindrical form decorated with scenes of warriors; the third blue and white with iron red, of cylindrical form and an extended neck, decorated with various beasts of the zodiac, apocryphal Kangxi mark to underside (3).
H: 3 1/4 in. (tallest)
