TWO CARVED AGATE 'HORSE AND MONKEY' SNUFF BOTTLES 1750-1860 (2)TWO CARVED AGATE 'HORSE AND MONKEY' SNUFF BOTTLES1750-1860Each well-hollowed and of rounded, squared form, supported on an oval footrim, the cylindrical neck rising to a gently recessed lip; the first of gray color, one main side utilizing the russet patches, carved with a monkey and a bee, and reversed with a horse; the second a mottled russet bottle, one main side carved in relief with a tethered horse and a monkey holding a peach.2 and 2 3/8in (5.1 and 6.1cm) high (2).1750-1860 瑪瑙刻馬上封侯圖鼻煙壺兩件Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, nos. 67 and 90The design of the two bottles is a popular pun in Chinese art for the phrase of mashang fenghou by borrowing the pronunciation in Chinese for being on the top of a horse (mashang), bee (feng), and monkey (hou). It is applied to wish someone to be promoted to a higher rank soon.