A group of four snuff bottles


Including a compressed globular form cinnabar lacquer bottle, carved with a figural and landscape reserve on each main side, and leafy lotuses on narrow sides, against a dark color ground filled with dense key-fret patterns (losses to lacquer on foot on rim, metal lip polished down); the second a Canton enamel copper bottle, painted with a female figure contemplating in a garden on each main side (pitting in enamel, surface wear and abrasions); the third a coral bottle carved with two striking faux lion mask-and-ring handles on narrow sides (stopper glued to neck); the fourth a pewter bottle with incised and stippled flowers on both main sides (small dents, staining).2 1/4 and 2 3/4in (5.7 to 7cm) high