A lapis-lazuli flattened snuff-bottle carved to one side with a lady holding a vase with a boy beside her, the reverse with a boy on the back of a buffalo -- 3in.high; an azurite malachite snuff-bottle with brown inclusions carved in relief with two ducks and one young -- 2in.high; a flattened honey-jade baluster snuff-bottle carved in relief to one side with a boy holding a banner in one hand -- 2in.high; and a flattened turquoise snuff-bottle carved with mask-ring handles -- 1½.in.high. (4)

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A lapis-lazuli flattened snuff-bottle carved to one side with a lady holding a vase with a boy beside her, the reverse with a boy on the back of a buffalo -- 3in.high; an azurite malachite snuff-bottle with brown inclusions carved in relief with two ducks and one young -- 2in.high; a flattened honey-jade baluster snuff-bottle carved in relief to one side with a boy holding a banner in one hand -- 2in.high; and a flattened turquoise snuff-bottle carved with mask-ring handles -- 1½.in.high. (4)

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