Seven shaped porcelain snuff bottles decorated in underglaze blue with Chinese sages and immortal figures, many with blue motif to reverse side, center snuff bottle has a meiping shape decorated with a dragon amid swirling clouds, the seven bottles comes together with a carved wooden arch display stand.

Tallest 3 1/4 in.

From the Collection of James Lee Burney, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Bottles retain green florist clay to underside for securing to display stand; dragon bottle has cork detached from cover and fitted in neck of bottle; scratches and some glaze loss to some bottles.