Three iron-red decorated porcelain snuff bottles


19th centuryThe first a miniature bottle painted with two figures and a mythical beast in a landscape; the second a flattened pear-form bottle, molded and painted in iron-red with a carp on each main side separated by raised animal mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides; the third a circular bottle with a raised panel within molded border on either side, one panel enclosing three carps, the verso designed as a pocket watch.2 3/16 to 2 3/4in (5.6 to 7cm) high
|Provenancebottle painted with figures: King Feng Arts Co., 3 November 1996circular bottle decorated with carps and pocket watch: Chinese Arts & Crafts Ltd., Hong Kong, 19 April April 1998十九世紀 礬紅畫人物故事鼻煙壺及模製礬紅金玉滿堂鼻煙壺共三隻