清十九世紀 白玉鼻煙壺一組兩件

the first of flattened circular form, each side carved with dense raised bosses enclosing a shou character, with a four-character apocryphal Qianlong mark to the base; the nine-sided bottle centred with a floret and carved with facets to each face; both carved from stones of even pale white tone

Left bottle: Good condition Right bottle: Minute frits to the mouth There is general surface wear to both bottles.
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