Description
THREE INSIDE PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES
19TH/20TH CENTURY
comprising: a glass flattened oval bottle painted with a mountainous landscape scene with a procession of riders on a path, signed Chou Lo Yuan or Cheng Zhongsan, agate stopper; a brown glass flattened oblong bottle signed Ma Shao Hsuan depicting cabbages, crickets and other insects, coral pink stopper; and a smaller green glass bottle with scenes of a bird on a branch and a pavilion in a landscape, green stopper (3)
7.8cm, 8.3cm and 6.5cm respectively
PROVENANCE: the first bottle, Nicholas Fairbairn Collection
Footnote
Provenance:
The Chris Bennett Collection of Snuff Bottles