Details
The first bottle is molded in high relief with three ladies and children in a garden setting, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark. The second bottle is decorated in high relief with a dragon and phoenix, each pursuing a pearl amidst polychrome clouds on a carved geometric ground, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
3 and 2¾ in. (7.6 and 7 cm.) high, glass stoppers

Provenance
First:
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5281.

Second:
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5194.
Literature
R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, XV, The SB Collection, London, 2011, no. 161 (second bottle).
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