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TWO MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE BOTTLES
One 18th/19th century, the other late Qing dynasty
The first of white-glazed ‘soft paste’ type molded as a Buddhist lion
clutching and biting a beribboned ball in his claws; the other enamelled
in primarily green, pink and gray and depicting a rolled lotus pad and
flowers and a beetle.
1 7/8in (7.3cm); and 1 13/16in (7.2cm) across, stoppers (2).
$1,200 - 1,800

18/19世紀 模印獅子滾球鼻煙壺
晚清 模印蓮塘紋鼻煙壺

For another example of a white-glazed Buddhist lion, see Clare
Lawrence, Miniature Masterpieces from the Middle Kingdom, The
Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1996, pp. 198-
199, no. 93.

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