A ‘DOUBLE SNUFF BOTTLE’ AND TWO CREAM-GLAZED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
A ‘DOUBLE SNUFF BOTTLE’ AND TWO CREAM-GLAZED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
Porcelain
China, 19th/20th century
The double snuff bottle of white porcelain with gold and iron-red painting of Buddhist lions. The two cream-glazed bottles without stopper, covered in dense craquelure. The double snuff bottle with glass stoppers; with spoons.
Dimensions: HEIGHT (with stopper) 5.8 – 6 CM
Condition: All bottles in good condition, one small, minute crack on the mouth of one of the cream-glazed bottles
Provenance: French private collection, formerly collection of John Ault – known for the publication on snuff bottles from Robert Kleiner: ‘Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of John Ault’ (1990)