FOUR CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES

FOUR CHINESE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES

QING DYNASTY

Two decorated with birds perched amidst blossoms picked out in dark areas of the stone, the larger with an inscription reading wen shuo mei hua zao, the other two snuff bottles with smooth flattened ovoid bodies, decorated with natural inclusions in the stone, one together with a wood stand, 6.2cm max. (5)

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.