THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES1800-1900; 1830-1880; and 1800-1850 The first a lightly crackled soft-paste blue and white cylindrical bottle painted in a continuous scene with two seated scholars in discourse on a lakeside promontory with bared trees in a mountain landscape; the second a rare blue and whitepressed spherical bottle, painted on each main circular face with a boat in a pine and willow lakeside mountain scene, the narrow edges reserve-painted with bats amongst clouds on a blue ground, simple lappets at the short cylindrical neck; the third a densely crackled soft-paste blue and white cylindrical bottle, Yongle mark, painted in a continuous scene with three doves or pigeons, two standing amidst bamboo, grasses and rockwork, the other flying above; stoppers. 2 13/16in (7.3cm), 2 9/16in (6.7cm) and 2 3/4in (7cm) high (3). 瓷胎青花鼻煙壺三隻 其一：1800-1900年 山水人物圖棒槌瓶形鼻煙壺 其二：1830-1880年 野渡無人圖寶月瓶形鼻煙壺 其三：1800-1850年 竹鴿圖象腿瓶形鼻煙壺 《永樂》款 Provenance: The first: John Ault Collection Robert Kleiner, 1 December 2005 The second: John Ault Collection Robert Kleiner, 1 October 2005 The third: Dennis G. Crow, 7 June 1991 Exhibition: The second: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 114 來源： 其一： John Ault舊藏 Robert Kleiner古董行，2005年12月1日 其二： John Ault舊藏 Robert Kleiner古董行，2005年10月1日 其三： Dennis G. Crow古董行，1991年6月7日 展覽： 其二：國際中國鼻烟壺協會年會，2013年11月5日至9日，展品編號114 For another example of the rare circular bottle (the second bottle), clearly from the same kiln site in Jingdezhen, see Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles III , Hong Kong, 1990, p. 116, no. 68. The use of an apocryphal Ming Dynasty Yongle mark, is rare in snuff bottle production. The design of doves or pigeons was a popular one during the Daoguang era (1821-1850).