Two brown overlay milky-white glass snuff bottlesYangzhou School, late 19th century
Both bottles with thinly applied brown overlay, flanked by a pair of faux animal mask-and-ring handles; one bottle decorated with a katydid on a flipped-over cage on one side, and the reverse depicting a herd boy throwing his hat into the air while sitting next to a buffalo, one corner inscribed qingyun zhi shang; the second decorated with a figure to each main side, one kneeling in front of a large perforated rock, the other gazing at a wine cup beneath an inscription reading ci zhong you zhenyi.
1 7/8 to 2 3/8in (4.8 to 6cm) high (2).注脚Provenance
Both acquired from King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 19 June 1999