Two Chinese quartz snuff bottles, late Qing dynasty, comprising: one in tourmalinated-quartz, the stone densely packed with black tourmaline 'needles', carved…

Two Chinese quartz snuff bottles, late Qing dynasty, comprising: one in tourmalinated-quartz, the stone densely packed with black tourmaline 'needles', carved in low relief with a pine tree, and another, carved in low relief with a magpie above a blossoming prunus tree, the reverse with bamboo, flanked by bat handles to the sides, jade stopper with silver spoon (5 and 5.8cm high) (2) Provenance: From a private English collection in Cambridge. Footnote: 清晚期 石英刻花鸟纹鼻烟壶 一��

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