THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES AND ONE ETCHED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE1860-1920
Each well-hollowed, one agate bottle carved with Liu Hai holding a string of coins, the other two carved with monkeys; the fourth, a rounded rectangular smoky quartz bottle, later etched and washed in gilt, one side depicting a sage under a pine tree, the verso carved with a dog and a bird perching on rockwork, the upper left lightly incised with Qianlong bingzi xiayue ti.
2 5/8in (6.7cm); 2 3/4in (7.1cm); 2 1/2in (6.4cm); 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high (4).
THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES AND ONE ETCHED SMOKY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE1860-1920
Each well-hollowed, one agate bottle carved with Liu Hai holding a string of coins, the other two carved with monkeys; the fourth, a rounded rectangular smoky quartz bottle, later etched and washed in gilt, one side depicting a sage under a pine tree, the verso carved with a dog and a bird perching on rockwork, the upper left lightly incised with Qianlong bingzi xiayue ti.
2 5/8in (6.7cm); 2 3/4in (7.1cm); 2 1/2in (6.4cm); 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high (4).
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