669 - Lot of eight small Asian objects, three snuff bottles with paintings, stone vase, bone plaque

Lot of eight small Asian objects, three snuff bottles with paintings, stone vase, bone plaque Glass, lacquer, stone, bronze and bone, lot of eight pieces: 1) three snuff bottles of crystal glass and glass with paintings: bottle of clear glass with red lacquer coating in the form of medallion frames and masks, painted inside with a landscape, without stopper; bottle of white milk glass with painted landscape with figures and mountains, marked underneath, with white stopper; bottle of clear glass, painted inside with a seated figure, with green stopper; each chipped; 2) square baluster vase of reddish orange marbled stone with incised scrolls, flowers and a column of characters on a carved stone base, chips; 3) small amphora of bronze, dark patina, with two handles and meander frieze on a high foot; 4) miniature owl of clear glass with ribbed surface; 5) small lion on a round plinth of pale blue translucent glass; 6) upright rectangular plaque of bone with cloud-shaped pierced top and five red characters (Hanlin yuan gongfeng) within a red frame line, largest piece H. 11 cm Inside painting (neihua) is applied with fine bent brushes through the opening onto the inner wall of small glass bottles and is found above all on snuff bottles; a distinction is made between the schools of Beijing, Hengshui in Hebei, Boshan in Shandong and Guangdong, and in 2006 the technique was recognised in China as intangible cultural heritage. The characters Hanlin yuan gongfeng on the bone plaque name the Hanlin Academy, the scholarly academy of the Chinese court founded in the 8th century under Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang dynasty, to which the court painters were also attached and which existed until 1911. The three snuff bottles (inside-painted snuff bottles), the stone vase, the bone carving and the glass figure of the lot belong to the minor arts of China.