Lot 498 , Two Chinese enamelled porcelain snuff bottles, 1830-1900, 6.8cm

Two Chinese enamelled porcelain snuff bottles, 1830-1900, the first cylindrical painted in famille verte enamels with two fighting immortals in a landscape on a biscuit ground, 8cm, the second of flattened lobed form, painted in black enamels with floral medallion and lotus flowers to the sides under a green glaze, 6.8cm
Estimate £200-300

Cylindrical bottle has the occasional scuff to the biscuit body, a hairline crack traversing along the foot and a small firing crack on the inside of the foot, otherwise good
Green glazed black enamelled bottle has some glaze imperfections around the foot otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £200