Lot 225 , Two Chinese iron-red decorated porcelain snuff bottles, 19th century, 7.7cm and 6.5cm

Two Chinese iron-red decorated porcelain snuff bottles, 19th century, the first of flattened pear form painted with the figure of Zhongqui and various demons, the second with the eight trigrams around a shou medallion with an inscription, Daoguang mark, 7.7cm and 6.5cm
Estimate £200-300

The first snuff bottle decorated with the figure of Zhongqui is in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks, and comes with an ivory and coral mounted stopper, the stopper has been reglued and has some slight chips to the coral, the second snuff bottle decorated with the eight trigrams has some wear to the gilding most notably around the rim and some slight abrasion to the glaze on the edge of the rim, other minor manufacturing imperfections to the glaze otherwise in good condition with no restoration, chips or cracks.


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Sold for £1,100