Two carved cameo agate snuff bottles19th/20th century
The first a conjoined bottle, the double-gourd bottle tied with a 'brocade' ribbon to its waist, the flattened ovoid bottle decorated with raised panels to the sides, one main side utilizing the dark brown inclusions in the stone, carved with rock formation; the second borrowing the reddish-brown portion in the gray-hued stone, carved in relief with the eccentric monk, Ji Gong.
1 7/8 to 2 1/2in (4.8 to 5.4cm) high (2).注脚Provenance
conjoined bottle:King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 4 April 1999
'Ji Gong' bottle: Hong Kong Auctioner & Estate Agency Limited, 21 March 1996, C014