Two pink color overlay white glass 'figural' snuff bottlesLate 19th century
The first decorated with a continuous scene of a scholar playing a qin facing a blooming plum tree, his young servant pouring water into a pot under a pine tree in front of a sage seated by rocks, with carved inscriptions; the second carved to one side with a Shoulao and his deer, reversed with a shou character between two bats, all below stylized shou characters surrounding the neck of the bottle.
2 1/2 and 2 3/4in (6.4 and 7cm) high (2).注脚Provenance:
Bottle with a scholar playing a qin:
King Feng Arts Co., Hong Kong, 4 March 1996
Bottle with shoulao:
Chinese Arts & Crafts (HK) Ltd., 13 April 2000