Two carved agate 'figural' snuff bottles20th century
The first a tapering bottle carved with Su Wu herding sheep, the narrow side decorated with two raised cicadas; the second inspired by Suzhou School style, carved continuously with a mountainous scene, one side featuring two scholars seated by a low table enjoying their tea under a pine tree, the verso depicting a lone thatched house hidden behind hills, with a four-character inscription incised to a rock, reading 'song xia guan pu'.
2 1/4 and 2 1/8in (5.7 and 5.4cm) high (2).注脚Provenance
'scholars and landscape' bottle: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 17 September 1993