Two Blue and White Snuff Bottles

Description:

Two Blue and White Snuff Bottles, China, a pear-shape rotating openwork snuff bottle, decorated with blue and white floral patterns, four-character Qianlong mark on base; and a flattened rectangular bottle decorated with a woman and a boy in famille rose enamels and surrounded with auspicious objects in blue and white, with calligraphy on the reverse, six-character Daoguang mark on base, ht. to 3 1/8 in.
Estimate $500-700


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