Y?A Chinese blue and white inscribed snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, painted on both sides with scholars with their attendants visiting friends, dated 'made in the Apricot Month' (February of the lunar calendar), apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base, coral and stained bone stopper, 8cm high including stopper; and a cylindrical blue and white snuff bottle, Qing Dynasty, painted with the scene from the Western Chamber, apocryphal Chenghua mark to the base and later stopper, 8.5cm high including the stopper (2)
Provenance: The late J.B. da Silva (1918-2003) and then by family descent.
清 青花携琴访友图及西厢记图鼻烟壶两件
拍品来源：前英国外务部官员J.B. da Silva (1918-2003) 私人收藏
Condition Report:
The cylindrical snuff bottle suffused with crasing and several possile cracks, uneven foot of both the snuff bottles
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