Three glass snuff bottlesThe first an imitation realgar glass bottle, 18th/19th century, the metal composed of variegated shades of orange-red, mustard-yellow, and brown, forming numerous irregular dapples; the second and third of enameled glass bottles, one painted with fish and lotus, the other decorated with a heron standing near auspicious lingzhi plants under a tree, each with an apocryphal Guyue Xuan mark.
1 7/8 to 2 1/4in (4.8 to 5.7cm) high注脚Provenance
reaglar glass bottle and bottle painted with fish: with 'Certificate of Identity' issued by the Curios Furniture & Miscellaneous Utensils & Hardware Merchants & Employees Association, Hong Kong & Kowloon; dated 23 February 1976 and 28 February 1974 respectively