Two agate snuff bottlesBoth well-hollowed, the first a pear-shaped bottle carved in low relief to one side depicting a sage standing in front of a pine tree overhanging from a hillside, the reverse incised with a studio name and a seal mark, flanked with two raised mock lion mask-and-ring handles; the second a plain circular bottle standing on a flat foot.
2 3/16 and 2in (5.6 and 5.1cm) high (2).注脚Provenance:
Pear-shaped bottle:
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 13 February 1999
Circular-form bottle:
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 17 June 1998, lot 1614