Four blue and white snuff bottlesQing Dynasty
The first of flattened rectangular-section, painted to each side with a dragon and tiger battling over the flaming pearl of immortality, Qianlong four-character mark, 6.6cm high; a cylindrical example finely painted with a continuous narrative scene featuring a swordsman chasing a couple from their bedchamber, 7.7cm high, and with stopper; another cylindrical with all over design of two dragons chasing the flaming pearl, dragon-head mark, 7cm high; and a fourth of baluster form with matching porcelain stopper, a single scene to one side of fisherman and attendant, total height 6.8cm.
(6).注脚Provenance: a private Scottish collection, and by descent to the current owner.