Two turquoise snuff bottles


20th centuryThe first a compressed spherical bottle decorated with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides; the second a shield form bottle, carved in rounded relief with two boys on a rocky platform near a pine tree, one holding a peach, the other holding large leaves over his head, also framed with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles.2 3/16 and 2in (5.6 and 5.1cm) high
|Provenancesmaller bottle carved with boys: King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 24 March 1996二十世紀 松石刻鋪首環鼻煙壺兩隻