Little Porcelain Snuff Bottles from China?

bigcaddy64 · May 6, 2018

Yesterday was the first time, in a long while, where I went to a sale hours early to pick up one item that I wasn’t allowed to by before the sale started.

Unfortunately the 1 person ahead of me grabbed it but I did make out with a lot of unique stuff that I can make quite a bit of money off of.

As I went through the house, I ended up with these 2 bottles that were in a curio cabinet full of objects from across the world but mostly China and Japan. It seems the guy that owned them was quite a fan of China so I’m thinking that’s where these came from

Can anybody confirm what they are? I think the small bottle is a snuff bottle but I’m not sure about the bigger one. It has a stamp on the bottom but deciphering that will be quite the task.

The small one measures a bit under 2 inches and the larger is about 4 1/2”. They both seem quite crude so I wonder if they were made for tourism?

I don’t plan on keeping them so anything I can learn will help me move them later.

Thecoinpicker · May 7, 2018

The bottom of the big one says: Great Qing (dynasty) Kang Hsi Year Produced. It’s read from top to bottom, right to left. Emperor Kang Hsi of China ruled from 1661-1722AD. Looks like a tourist piece made during the 1980’s. The little one might be a 1920-1930’s repro but still collectible. Cool finds still. Cheers. Coinpicker.

diggummup · May 8, 2018

Sorry for the hijack bigcaddy, but someone that translates Chinese script dpesn't come along too often.

Thecoinpicker said:
The bottom of the big one says: Great Qing (dynasty) Kang Hsi Year Produced. It’s read from top to bottom, right to left. Emperor Kang Hsi of China ruled from 1661-1722AD. Looks like a tourist piece made during the 1980’s. The little one might be a 1920-1930’s repro but still collectible. Cool finds still. Cheers. Coinpicker.

What do these say, can you decipher them as well? I would imagine they are all modern repro or collector types. I notice the bottom 2 photos have the same marks.