5 Chinese Qing Dynasty Porcelain Miniature Vases or Snuff Bottles: a pair of quatrefoil shaped bottles with Mandarin Figures in famille rose enamels and each with a 2 character Qianlong seal mark inside base, 2 bottle shaped snuffs 1 with Boys Playing, the other with Flowers; together with a double gourd bottle in underglaze blue with gold and iron red flowers with indistinct mark in underglaze blue to base and a gilt metal cover with a short gilt chain. Approximate height of double gourd bottle with gilt cover 2 5/8 inches (6.5 cm.). PROVENANCE: The Lifetime Collection of a Pennsylvania Collector.

Age related wear to enamels and gilding, 1 of quatrefoil bottles with tiny flakes to unglazed base and a tiny flake to mouth with infill, the Flower Bottle with a short line to neck, the double gourd with a gilt cover with 1 or 2 tiny flakes to mouth. NOTE: Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Eddie's Auction shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging.