Two cloisonné enameled snuff bottles

Qianlong marks, 18th/19th century

Qianlong marks, 18th/19th century
The first a slightly tapering bottle, the shaped blue panels on the main sides defined by gilt and red bands, one framing a dragon, the other a phoenix, set against a yellow ground filled with classic lotuses and scrolls below a ruyi collar enclosing the waisted neck of the bottle; the second a rounded rectangular bottle, the turquoise blue reserve on each broad side set within a gilt border, enclosing two fu lions chasing a ribboned 'brocade' ball, the remaining surfaces decorated with leafy blossoms amidst fluid scrolls in varied blue shades against a red ground, all between a ruyi collar around the neck and vertical lappets surrounding the foot ring of the bottle; the base of each bottle engraved with a Qianlong four-character mark in regular script; original matching stoppers.
2 1/8 and 2 1/2in (5.4 and 6.4cm) high (2).

Provenance:
Property from the Emma Jane Howard Trust