A Duanstone Snuff Bottle And A Yixing Stoneware Snuff Bottle The yixing snuff bottle

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A DUANSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE AND A YIXING STONEWARE SNUFF BOTTLE The yixing snuff bottle signed Shao Shan, Qing Dynasty The inkstone bottle of compressed pear-shaped form incised on one side with two dragons among clouds, the reserve with a circular stylised fu character composed of three kui dragons, the shoulders mounted with dragon-head loop handles; the yixing stoneware bottle of circular form with an arched foot, one side carved with a lotus bloom, the reverse with a poetic inscription, qing quan shi shang liu, Shao Shan (The clear spring flows over the stone, Shao Shan), stoppers. The larger: 7cm (2 3/4in) high with stopper. (4). Footnotes: 清 端石鼻烟壺及宜興段泥鼻烟壺 款識：清泉石上流。少山 Provenance: Robert Hall, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above in 2007 (the yixing bottle) Published and Illustrated: The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume II, Edinburgh, 2020, p.65, fig.51 (the yixing bottle) Shao Shan is an alias of Shi Dabin, a yixing potter active in the late Ming period. This set is subject to the following set symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.