The prototype of the snuff bottle in China was the medicine bottle, such as these fine Qing dynasty porcelain examples approximately 100 years old. Some were repurposed as snuff bottles. This fine antique pair has calligraphy on both sides (possibly the name of the contents, or of the shop), no stoppers as found, now mounted on carved wood stand. Reference: Raymond Li: The Medicine Snuff Bottle Connection: Chinese Miniature Containers, a Dual Role (1979). Your opportunity to acquire two antique bottles for one low price. Similar antique medicine bottles often sell for many hundreds of dollars. Reverse here.