A GROUP OF FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER, including a carnelian agate bottle of flattened tapered rectangular form; a rounded rectangular agate example carved with bats and fruiting peach spray to one side and leaves to the reverse; another agate rounded rectangle carved to reveal a squirrel amist pine branches and a seated peasant to the reverse, his features hidden by a broad hat; together with a porcelain snuff bottle of cylindrical form, enamelled spray to one side and calligraphy to the other (4)

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A GROUP OF FOUR SNUFF BOTTLES, 19TH CENTURY AND LATER, including a carnelian agate bottle of flattened tapered rectangular form; a rounded rectangular agate example carved with bats and fruiting peach spray to one side and leaves to the reverse; another agate rounded rectangle carved to reveal a squirrel amist pine branches and a seated peasant to the reverse, his features hidden by a broad hat; together with a porcelain snuff bottle of cylindrical form, enamelled spray to one side and calligraphy to the other (4)

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