Two underglaze blue and copper-red porcelain snuff bottles19th century
Both of simply cylindrical profile, the first with a broad flat lip, painted with a lone fisherman in his boat floating in a peaceful river surrounded by foliage splashed rocks and precipitous cliffs; the second bottle with a thin, flared lip, the side walls painted with a family enjoying a harmonious moment in their sampan docked under a willow tree overhanging from a large rock.
3 and 3 1/4in (7.6 and 8.3cm) high (2).注脚Provenance
bottle painted with a lone fisherman: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 25 May 1996
bottle painted with figures in a boat: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 23 March 1997