A GROUP OF BOTTLES,** 19TH CENTURY AND LATER, comprising a pair of ivory Emperor and Empress bottles; a round ivory bottle, carved with figures on balconies watching men and oxen; a large amber bottle, of rounded rectangular shape with masks and faux rings; a Beijing glass snowstorm ground bottle, with deep red overlay carved to depict different types of censers beneath a band of lappets at the neck; a red glass bottle, of rounded rectangular shape, carved with oval panels depicting carp rising from cresting waves, the sides with masks and faux rings; a polychrome ivory bottle with maidens beneath willow; a stained example carved as a bud; an unusual gourdine bottle with silver metal collar, chains and stopper; a lacquer bottle of flattened spade shape, decorated with lacquer and inlaid mother-of-pearl wheels partially submerged beneath waves; a pear-shaped bottle inlaid with a brocade pattern; and four lac bergaute bottles (15)