Three porcelain snuff bottles


19th centuryIncluding two iron-red decorated bottles: one with classic lotuses amongst leaf scrolls, the other painted with two Buddhist lions and flames, each with a Qianlong four-character mark inscribed to the base; the third bottle molded and enameled on one side with an archaistic bronze above a seal block, its face reading 'Xunyang ling yin' (Seal of the Xunyang prefect), the reverse painted with a figure riding a tiger, the base inscribed with two characters, reading 'se e' (evil of allurement).3 to 3 1/8in (7.6 to 8cm) high
|Provenance'Buddhist lions' bottle: Eldred's Auction, Massachusetts, 2012十九世紀 瓷胎鼻煙壺三件