Two turquoise snuff bottles
Two turquoise snuff bottles
20th century
The first a compressed spherical bottle decorated with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides; the second a shield form bottle, carved in rounded relief with two boys on a rocky platform near a pine tree, one holding a peach, the other holding large leaves over his head, also framed with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles.
2 3/16 and 2in (5.6 and 5.1cm) high
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Two turquoise snuff bottles
20th century
The first a compressed spherical bottle decorated with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides; the second a shield form bottle, carved in rounded relief with two boys on a rocky platform near a pine tree, one holding a peach, the other holding large leaves over his head, also framed with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles.
2 3/16 and 2in (5.6 and 5.1cm) high