Three snuff bottlesThe first a molded and enameled porcelain bottle decorated with a continuous scene, possibly depicting the ancient myth Gun Yu Zhi Shui (The Great Flood of Gun Yu), the underside with a Jiaqing four-character mark and of the period; the second a 'snowflake' glass bottle with the twelve zodiac animals rendered in red overlay; the third an inside-painted smoky rock crystal bottle by Ye Zhongsan (1863-1943), the interior finely painted with a continuous fictional scene, one side signed, with one seal mark, the exterior wall incised with a bat and auspicious lingzhi-scrolls.
2 1/8 to 2 1/4in (5.4 to 5.7cm) (3).