Four Chinese Snuff Bottles and One Small Snuff Dish
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
Comprising a lime green glazed porcelain molded 'dragon' bottle, molded mark to underside; an incised palm nut snuff bottle with micro calligraphy to one side, acrobats to the other; an incised organic snuff bottle with one face decorated with a dancer, the reverse with two archaistic characters; a cloisonné enamel snuff bottle decorated on both sides with phoenix; and a Canton enamel circular snuff dish with the front painted with two boys underneath pine trees, the reverse bearing a Qianlong four-character blue enameled mark.
Diameter (Snuff dish) 1 16/13 in., 4.7 cm; Height (palm nut snuff bottle) 3 1/8 in., 8cm
Property from the Collection of Jay R. Butterman, New York, New York
This lot is located in Philadelphia.