Two Chinese Ceramic Snuff Bottles.

Lot: 345

The first of flattened ovoid form, raised on a short straight foot and slightly concave base, rising to a waisted neck and flat lip, brightly enameled and molded in high relief with maidens and attendants in garden settings flanked by banana leaves issuing from gnarled rocks, with a four-character mark the second of flattened, compressed double-gourd form, with a recessed base and tall gently flared neck, decorated with a lady with a foo dog at her side and a bird in flight amongst clouds, all reserved from a thick black glaze.
Height of the first: 2 3/4 inches (7 cm).
Condition: Chip, repair.

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