Beschreibung:

A GROUP OF TWENTY-ONE SMALL SNUFF BOTTLES** Comprising a lapis spade-form bottle delicately carved with lotus and butterfly, the stopper en suite ; a malachite bottle carved with double gourds, stopper en suite ; a small agate bottle of rounded form, the sides uncarved; a rounded silver metal bottle, one side with figures in a garden, the reverse with calligraphic inscription around a 'shou' character, the sides with moulded masks, knop-form stopper; an opal bottle, of slightly tapered rounded rectangular shape, carved with a phoenix, the reverse with dragon, coral stopper; a jadeite bottle, carved with two ladies and a child in a garden, the pale material with apple inclusions, green hardstone stopper; a small tourmaline bottle, the sides carved with birds and flowering branches, the material of a soft translucent raspberry tone, stopper en suite ; a green hardstone bottle, the rounded rectangular body carved with flowering branches, stopper en suite ; a red and slightly translucent clear glass bottle, the pear-shaped body carved with masks and faux rings to shoulders and a raised square foot; agate stopper; a stained ivory bottle, Qianlong four-character seal mark, with figures beneath pine branches, stopper en suite ; a carnelian agate bottle, of rounded rectangular form, the sides carved with masks and faux rings, stopper; a small lapis bottle, one side carved with 'shou' character, the stopper en suite ; an aventurine bottle, of rounded rectangular form, the sides carved with masks and faux rings, lapis stopper; a small coral bottle, the sides carved with a flowering tree above waves, stopper en suite ; a silver metal and enamel mounted bottle, with coral glass stopper; an interior-painted glass bottle; a black and white jade bottle carved with a lady peeping out from a dooraway, dragons and carved masks and faux rings to shoulders, metal-mounted jadeite stopper; a turquoise bottle, of spade form, the sides delicately carved with birds and flowers, stopper en suite ; a hardstone model of a bird, turquoise stopper; a carnelian agate bottle carved as a gourd, with stained wood stem-form stopper; a lavender and green jadeite bottle, of rounded shape, the sides delicately carved with birds and flowers, lavender stopper (21)