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A smokey-crystal snuff-bottle
carved in relief with three goats among rockwork below a flaming pearl, stopper -- 3.in (8.9cm) high; a bloodstone bottle carved with lotus sprays above waves, stopper 3.in (7.6cm) high; a rock-crystal bottle carved with numerous shou-characters, stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high; a chalcedoony bottle carved in relief using the brown inclusions with butterfly, the reverse with a bird among pine, stopper -- 2.in (5.7cm) high; a carnelian bottle carved with a bird of prey among pine above a recumbent animal, the reverse with a figure in a boat, stopper -- 2.in (5.1cm) high; and another carnelian bottle of simple form, stopper 2.in (6.4cm) high, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 25 for two. (6)
carved in relief with three goats among rockwork below a flaming pearl, stopper -- 3.in (8.9cm) high; a bloodstone bottle carved with lotus sprays above waves, stopper 3.in (7.6cm) high; a rock-crystal bottle carved with numerous shou-characters, stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high; a chalcedoony bottle carved in relief using the brown inclusions with butterfly, the reverse with a bird among pine, stopper -- 2.in (5.7cm) high; a carnelian bottle carved with a bird of prey among pine above a recumbent animal, the reverse with a figure in a boat, stopper -- 2.in (5.1cm) high; and another carnelian bottle of simple form, stopper 2.in (6.4cm) high, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 25 for two. (6)