Two Rare Overlay-Glass-Simulation Porcelain 'Dragon' Snuff Bottles Four-character Qianlong and Jiaqing seal marks and of the period Each bottle of cylindrical f

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TWO RARE OVERLAY-GLASS-SIMULATION PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLES Four-character Qianlong and Jiaqing seal marks and of the period Each bottle of cylindrical form, with a waisted flared neck, moulded with a pair of five-clawed dragons reaching for a flaming pearl, among clouds and above waves, below a band of ruyi heads at the rim, one embellished with gilt and bearing a Qianlong mark, the other enamelled in blue and with a Jiaqing mark, stoppers. 8.2cm (3 1/4in) high with stopper. (2). Footnotes: 清乾隆及嘉慶 仿套料龍紋瓷鼻烟壺兩件 「乾隆年製」「嘉慶年製」款 Provenance: The Hamilton Collection, no.109 (the blue bottle) Robert Hall, London A private collection, Edinburgh, acquired from the above in 2003 (the blue bottle) and 11th November 2004 (invoice)(the gold bottle) Published and Illustrated: The Heriot Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Volume II, Edinburgh, 2020, p.30, fig.20 (the blue bottle) 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.