A Pair of Polychrome and Gilt Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottles LIKELY 18TH/19TH CENTURY each in the form of a gourd, the upper section flanked by a pair of loop form handles, the body densely painted and applied with gourds and entwined leafy vines decoration, all reserved a gilt ground with gilt highlighted foliate scroll pattern, bearing a four-character Qianlong mark within a square, having a gilt metal stopper worked to show flower head. Height 2 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota, Heir to the Assets of J.R. Watkins