TWO GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

the first of pink glass, with the green and white overlay carved to form a design of blossoming peonies issuing from a rocky ground; the second of ovoid shape, resembling realgar

The first bottle: Collection of Al and Julie Stemple, purchased in Hong Kong 1976.
J.W.A. International, Inc.,1995.

The first bottle: J.W.A. International Inc., Rare Art in Miniature Forms: Important Chinese Snuff Bottles VII Exhibiting I.C.S.B.S. Convention Paris, 1995, no. 48.

The first bottle has a chip and a number of bubbles to the mouth. There are also scattered bubbles over the neck and body. A short section of a flower stem is missing. The exterior foot ring may have been lightly polished and there are some very minute chips to the edges of the inlay. The second bottle has some minute chips to the inner and outer mouth rims, and the inner mouth rim appears to have been polished. There is a small manufacturing flaw to the neck in the form of a slight depression, and some light surface wear. Both bottles have had their spoons removed.
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