Three inside-painted snuff bottles19th and 20th century
Comprising a globular bottle with a landscape to one side, and a sparrow perched on chrysanthemum to the other, signed Zhou Leyuan, stopper; a flattened baluster bottle with painted vases and antiques, stopper; and a conjoined shaped bottle with landscapes to one side and antiques to the other, signed. The largest 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high (3).注脚The first bottle inscribed:
歲在辛巳 孟妻畫 Sui zai xinsimeng qi hua
芝亭大兄大人屬 Zhi ting daxiong daren shu
Dated 1881 (year of 辛巳)
周樂元 Zhou Leyuan