Two overlay glass 'Eight Horses of Mu Wang' snuff bottles


19th centuryEach of circular form and carved with the eight horses below and amidst the branches of a pine tree; the first in blue on a bubble-infused ground, bottle 5.8cm high, stopper; the second in cranberry red on a bubble-infused ground.Bottle 5.7cm high, stopper (4).
|By repute the snuff bottles in this collection were mainly purchased during the 1970s from Hugh Moss, London.