Two famille rose enameled porcelain snuff bottles
Two famille rose enameled porcelain snuff bottles
Late 18th/19th century
The first a flattened double-gourd bottle, decorated in famille rose enamels with bats, swastika symbols, flower blossoms, and leafy scrolls on a turquoise enameled ground, the underside with a Qianlong four-character mark; the second bottle supported on a splayed and pierced foot, with a waisted neck, rounded lip, each main side painted with a scholar and his attendant in a garden, separated by two raised animal masks on the shoulders.
2 1/4 and 2 5/8in (5.4 and 6.7cm) high
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Two famille rose enameled porcelain snuff bottles
Late 18th/19th century
The first a flattened double-gourd bottle, decorated in famille rose enamels with bats, swastika symbols, flower blossoms, and leafy scrolls on a turquoise enameled ground, the underside with a Qianlong four-character mark; the second bottle supported on a splayed and pierced foot, with a waisted neck, rounded lip, each main side painted with a scholar and his attendant in a garden, separated by two raised animal masks on the shoulders.
2 1/4 and 2 5/8in (5.4 and 6.7cm) high