Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles

Three Chinese porcelain snuff bottles, Qing Dynasty
The first Guangxu, of cylindrical form and decorated with iron-red figures of deities and signed Zhong Xu Youshan, 7.5cm, the second Xuantong, of flattened ovoid form and painted with a scene of Liu Haichan collecting ten gold coins on a chord, accompanied by a three-legged toad, the reverse with five lines of verse describing the scene, rose quartz stopper, 6.5cm, the third also late Qing Dynasty, of cylindrical form and decorated with a riverside village scene, 8.5cm high, Yang He Tang mark to the underside. (3)

Condition Report
The first: minor/negligible signs of age.
The second: some tiny surface scratches in places.
The third: negligible signs of age.

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