Three jade snuff bottles
19th/20th century
19th/20th century
Including two bottles, each standing on an oval foot ring, and set with two mock 'lion mask and ring' handles on the narrow sides, one of compressed globular form carved from an evenly hued white stone, the other a well-hollowed ovoid bottle carved from a pale gray and russet stone marked with cloudy inclusions; the third, a rectangular bottle carved with a qilin on one side, the stone a pale yellow with oatmeal inclusions.
2 to 2 1/8in (5.1 to 5.4cm) high (3).
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19th/20th century
19th/20th century
Including two bottles, each standing on an oval foot ring, and set with two mock 'lion mask and ring' handles on the narrow sides, one of compressed globular form carved from an evenly hued white stone, the other a well-hollowed ovoid bottle carved from a pale gray and russet stone marked with cloudy inclusions; the third, a rectangular bottle carved with a qilin on one side, the stone a pale yellow with oatmeal inclusions.
2 to 2 1/8in (5.1 to 5.4cm) high (3).