PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION THREE FAMILLE-ROSE SNUFF BOTTLESRepublic period Including two famille-rose -enameled porcelain bottles: one with a cylindrical body painted with a bird in flight over flower blossoms; the second, a flattened bottle with broad shoulders, one side depicting a scholar in a terrace, the verso inscribed with a two-line poem; the third, an inside-painted glass snuff bottle decorated in bright colors with a tranquil landscape and a bird perching on a floating prunus branch next to plantain leaves. 2 1/4in (5.7cm); 2 3/8in (6cm); 2 5/8in (6.7cm) high (3). Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. Provenance: Acquired in Shanghai between 1934 and 1937, thence by descent