A GROUP OF NINE HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES, including an opal bottle of rounded rectangular form, the sides carved with qilong, stopper en suite; a pale-green quartz bottle of tapering shape, the shoulders carved with dragons; an uncarved rhodonite bottle of flattened circular shape; a rock crystal bottle, of rounded rectangular shape, the sides with masks and faux rings; an obsidian bottle, also of rounded rectangular shape with masks and faux rings; an uncarved recatangular tea quartz bottle; a lapis bottle, of ovoid shape and carved with a qilong, the shoulders with tiny handles; an amethyst bottle of oviod form and carved with fruit sprays; and a deep rose quartz bottle, carved as a double gourd carved on one side with a figure in a boat (9)