Three blue and white porcelain snuff bottles19th century
The first a well-potted jarlet-form bottle, the side walls painted in brilliant blue with eight 'shou' characters between a ruyi collar band and wave patterns, the underside inscribed with an apocryphal Qianlong mark; the second an ovoid bottle painted with three phoenix roundels; the third decorated to the side walls with flower-heads and the 'crackled ice' design, the flat lip of the bottle painted with five bats, the interior floor inscribed with a character reading 'nai', the recessed base with a 'shou' character within a double-ring.
1 3/4 to 2 5/16in (4.5 to 6cm) high (3).注脚Provenance
bottle painted with shou characters: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 25 May 1996
'phoenix' bottle: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 19 June 1999
'crackled ice' bottle: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 24 March 1996