China, 19th century Set of three glass snuffboxes, one of them in red overlay on a translucent background decorated with eight Buddhist symbols. The stopper is missing and the neck is slightly chipped. A brown glass snuffbox with carved decoration in light relief of herons and lotus, missing stopper and an impact with crack on one of the faces, the third one in red glass of baluster form. Missing stopper. 5.7, 5.5 and 7.3cm high

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