Three snuff bottles fitted in a mother-of-pearl inlaid lacquer boxThe bottles; 20th century
Including two agate bottles, one carved with gold fish and chrysanthemum on the main sides, separated by a pair of fixed lion mask-and-ring handles above rock formations, the other utilizing the various color inclusions in the gray stone, carved with a figure carrying a box to one side, the verso portraying Wu Song trying to subdue a tiger with his stick; the third a spinach jade bottle carved in relief to each broad side with bamboo and a pine tree, and flanked by a pair of faux lion masks-and-ring handles; all fitted in a brocade silk-lined cushion, encased with a hinged, black lacquered box with mother-of-pearl inlaid Fu Lu Shou figures, further wrapped by custom cut brocade silk.
2 to 2 3/8in (5.1 to 6cm) height of bottles
6 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 2 1/2in (17.2 x 31.2 x 6.4cm) dimensions of lacquer box (5).