Pair of Chinese Famille Rose ovoid porcelain snuff bottles with polychrome decoration to the bodies depicting birds and flowers, with mask handles to the sides. Both fitted with green hardstone stoppers and carved hardwood stands. 2 1/2" H (w/ out stands). Late 19th/Early 20th century. Provenance: The collection of Gary Glesser of Loudon, Tennessee, by descent from his grandparents, Captain Hoyt and Rachel Holton of Toledo, Ohio. Hoyt Holton became, at age 17, the youngest captain of a Great Lakes Freighter. In the 1960s, Captain Holton participated in a 26-day Admiral Byrd Society trip replicating the explorer's famous transpolar expedition, during which he met the Pope and Soviet Premier Nikita Kruschev. Many items in the collection were brought back as souvenirs from that journey and other frequent voyages.

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Both overall very good condition with minor wear to bases, including loss of one foot.