Two Carved Silhouette Agate Snuff Bottles
19TH CENTURY
清晚期 灰瑪瑙巧雕鼻烟壺兩隻
the first bottle of circular form, carved to the russet skins on one side depicting the immortal Zhong Kui, together with a glass stopper; the second of rounded rectangular form, carved to the front utilizing the dark brown skins showing a man fishing, a large frog underneath a lotus leaf to the side, together with an agate stopper.
Height of taller 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois