Four Tibetan Silver Mounted Snuff Bottles
19TH-20TH CENTURY
the first in miniature meiping form, the main panel enameled blue and incised with meandering vines, with hardstone inlays depicting prunus blossoms; the second a circular example, both sides centered with a hardstone inset, surrounded by blue enameled flower heads; the third a silver mounted white glass example; the fourth a hardstone inset silver mounted example.
Height of tallest 3 3/8 in., 8.6 cm.
Property from the Estate of Eliot A. Landau, Woodridge, Illinois
Blue enameled
meiping-form bottle:
Acquired from Janet White, Litchfield, Staffordshire, Great Britain, December 8, 2018