LATE QING DYNASTY
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THREE OVERLAY GLASS AND TWO SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
late qing dynasty
One carved through the dark blue overlay glass with figures beside trees in a landscape over an opaque white ground; another opaque white glass bottle with a thin blue overlay carved with scholars' objects; the third bottle with figures below pine trees in black over a white ground; the two agate bottles of rounded shape carved with mock mask handles and an imaginative use of the darker inclusions to depict figures and botanical motifs, all with stoppers (5)
late qing dynasty
One carved through the dark blue overlay glass with figures beside trees in a landscape over an opaque white ground; another opaque white glass bottle with a thin blue overlay carved with scholars' objects; the third bottle with figures below pine trees in black over a white ground; the two agate bottles of rounded shape carved with mock mask handles and an imaginative use of the darker inclusions to depict figures and botanical motifs, all with stoppers (5)