TWO CARNELIAN SNUFF BOTTLES19th/20th century
The alternating red and white bands of the first carved to portray overlapping butterflies, the mouth of the bottle positioned between the tips of the wings to one end; the second carved as a Buddha's hand citron, the top of the stem forming the foot.
2 3/8in (6cm) high, the taller (2).注脚Provenance:
The first:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 110
The second:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby's, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 111

Published:
The first:
Hugh M. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 88-89, no. 112