A Chinese carved ivory "Cicada" snuff bottle and a wire-inlaid wood bottleqing dynasty, 19th century. The cicada bottle with associated scrolled ivory stand; the wood bottle of rectangular form, one side with wire-inlaid four characters "qian jin...", the sides inlaid with daoist symbols, the reverse with a carved branch, wire-inlaid prunus blossoms.L: 2 5/8 in. (cicada)PROVENANCE:Formerly in the collection of Charles V. Swain, Doylestown, PAThence by descent to the present owner