Two rock crystal snuff bottlesThe first a slightly tapering rectangular bottle, one side utilizing the layer of brown skin in the stone, carved with an inscription reading yipian bingxin zai yuhu (a heart as pure as ice in a jade pot) and two seal marks; the second carved as a boy clinging over the shoulders of a bearded man.
2in (5.1cm) height of each (2).注脚Provenance:
Monkey-form bottle:
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 17 March 1997, sale 6962, lot 0148
Inscribed bottle:
Te Feng Company, Hong Kong, 8 November 1997