Two glass snuff bottles


Green overly caramel bottle: 18th/19th centuryBlue bottle carved with dragons: 20th centuryThe first carved through a layer of green overlay to the opaque caramel ground, depicting prunus blossoms on graceful branches around the walls; the second of transparent blue color, carved in relief to the front and back with two opposing circular reserves, each enclosing four sinuous chilong, separated by two faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides.2 1/8 and 2 1/4in (5.4 and 5.7cm) high
|Provenancegreen overlay caramel bottle: Linda F. Crawley Collection; Asiantiques, 2008blue 'dragon' bottle: Vanessa Holden, October 2003料胎鼻煙壺兩隻十八/十九世紀 褐色套綠料梅花爭艷鼻煙壺二十世紀 藍色料刻龍紋鼻煙壺