THREE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

THREE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES China, Qing Dynasty Porcelain. H. 6.5-9 cm. Including a finely painted famille rose snuff bottle decorated with a cricket on one side and a toad among lotus with mark "Qianlong Nianzhi", a famille rose and sgraffito decorated 'dragon' snuff bottle with mark "Daming Chenghua Nianzhi" and a black-ground grisaille-decorated 'figural' snuff bottle. With traces of use, partially chipped and abraded. Figure depiction. Part. dam. and rubbed, with traces of use. Provenance: From a private collection in the Ruhr area, acquired 1979 in Hong Kong. THREE SNUFFBOTTLES OF PORCELAIN China, Qing dynasty Porcelain. H. 6.5-9 cm. The lot comprises a finely painted famille rose snuffbottle with the mark ''Qianlong Nianzhi'' decorated with a cricket on one side and a toad among lotus flowers, a famille rose and sgraffito-decorated snuffbottle with dragon depiction and mark ''Daming Chenghua Nianzhi'' and a black-ground grisaille-painted snuffbottle with figure depiction. Part. dam. and rubbed, with traces of use. Provenance: From a private collection in the Ruhr area, acquired in Hong Kong in 1979.