A GROUP OF FOUR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
comprising:
a) G. Puccini Turandot Illustrated Snuff Bottle, square form with black and white illustration of a young daughter from Puccini's Parisian Opera with a round hard stone cover; height: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
b) G. Puccini Boheme Illustrated Snuff Bottle, square form with yellow and red illustration for La Boheme from Puccini's Opera with round blue iridescent cover; height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)
c) A Hand Painted and Etched Mountain Scene Snuff Bottle, square form with round hard stone cover, Japanese characters along the top edge on recto and verso; height: 8. 5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
d) A Hand Painted Floral and Foliate Snuff Bottle, square form with rounded edges, yellow hard stone cover, each panel outlined in red; height: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.)

PROVENANCE
Christie's, 25 January 1990, part of lot 104
Acquired at the above by the present owner