Four Carved Ivory Shield-Shaped Snuff Bottles Qing Dynasty

one carved with equestrian hunting figures, another with scenes from Sanguo Yanyi, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, another with figures appreciating tea and planting flowers, and another last with Daoist myths depicting Chishi chengyang (Howling rocks to transform into sheep) and the story of Zhang Liang and Chisongzi, three of the bottles with stoppers

S.E. Lucas, The Catalogue of Sassoon Chinese Ivories, Vol. III, London, 1950, pp 1063--1065, 1081-1083, 1099-1101 and 1111-1112, nos 735, 749, 764 and 776.

These are generally in good condition, but see in cataloguing order: 1. Has a small chip to the cover and some vertical darkened age/stress cracks to both sides. 2. One side has darkened to a deep brown colour, and has a few small darkened age/stress cracks to the right shoulder. 3. Has some darkened age/stress cracks to one side and the other side has darkened to a deeper yellow colour. 4. There is darkened age/stress cracks to both sides and left side of one face has darkened slightly.
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