Comprising a fine rock crystal snuff bottle, embellished with a bird confined within a detailed cage, surrounded by the flowering branches of a prunus tree, and a greyish nephrite jade snuff bottle, with a scene of a meiren admiring a rocky landscape, while the reverse is adorned with an associated poetic inscription.
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These unusual snuff bottles relate to an early group of Chinese snuff bottles embellished in Japan, attributed to either Tsuda Sōkan (1868–1934) or his son, Tsuda Fukuya. The son studied under his father from approximately 1920 until Sōkan's death. Having collaborated closely for over a decade, their artistic styles became virtually indistinguishable, with Fukuya's contribution to the finished works increasing significantly over time.