Five Snuff Bottles, China, 20th century, four inside painted glass bottles, flattened baluster or rounded rectangular form, one decorated with scenes of figures in a village, one with the eight Daoist immortals, one with a group of ladies, one with a landscape and a battle scene, and one black glazed porcelain bottle decorated on both sides with two horses, four-character mark on base, with colored glass and stone stoppers, ht. to 3 1/4 in.
Estimate $500-700

three with broken stopper, some with fine chips to mouths, surface wear to glass.


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