TWO UNDERGLAZED BLUE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES AND AN UNDERGLAZED BLUE PORCELAIN LIDDED JARLET Attributed to Jingdezhen, 1780-1860 (3)TWO UNDERGLAZED BLUE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES AND AN UNDERGLAZED BLUE PORCELAIN LIDDED JARLETAttributed to Jingdezhen, 1780-1860The first a cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders, 1800-1860, its cylindrical neck rising to a thin mouth rim, painted with two confronting dragons emerging from crashing waves and pursuing a flaming pearl, the recessed foot with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark; the second a flattened globular bottle with a cylindrical neck and flat lip, 1821-1850, decorated with a continuous scene depicting a scholar and his servant in a landscaped terrace, the recessed underside inscribed with an apocryphal Qianlong mark within an oval footrim; the third a tapering ovoid jarlet, 1780-1850, decorated with repeating classic blossoms and stylized leafy scrolls, with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark to the concave base.2 1/8 to 2 3/8in (5.4 to 6cm) high (3).1780-1860 瓷胎釉下青花鼻煙壺兩件及瓷胎釉下青花鼻煙罐一件或爲景德鎮製Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, nos. 396, 397, and 294The rising popularity of snuff taking and the use of snuff bottles outside the palace in the nineteenth century resulted in many bottles being made in a variety of materials. In Jingdezhen, there were thousands of kilns in operation until the mid-nineteenth century and it is no surprise that many bottles were produced in underglaze cobalt-blue porcelain.