TWO CHINESE BLUE-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES,
LATE QING DYNASTY,
the first, carved through the blue overlay to the opaque white ground on both sides with an egret resting on a blossoming lotus branch; the second, of rounded form, carved through the opaque blue overlay to the bubble-suffused white ground with a pair of magpies in a blossoming prunus tree emerging from a rocky ground
2½ and 2½in. (6.3 and 6.3cm.) high, stopper
TWO CHINESE BLUE-OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES,
LATE QING DYNASTY,
the first, carved through the blue overlay to the opaque white ground on both sides with an egret resting on a blossoming lotus branch; the second, of rounded form, carved through the opaque blue overlay to the bubble-suffused white ground with a pair of magpies in a blossoming prunus tree emerging from a rocky ground
2½ and 2½in. (6.3 and 6.3cm.) high, stopper
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