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A Beijing red-overlay snuff-bottle
carved with a butterfly in flight among prunus and lotus issuing from rockwork above waves, on a snowstorm ground, jadeite stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high, 18th/19th Century; another red-overlay bottle decorated with censers to both sides on a clear ground, stopper -- 2.in (7cm) high; and another red-overlay bottle decorated with The Eight Horses of Muwang on an opaque ground, stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 25 for two. (3)
carved with a butterfly in flight among prunus and lotus issuing from rockwork above waves, on a snowstorm ground, jadeite stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high, 18th/19th Century; another red-overlay bottle decorated with censers to both sides on a clear ground, stopper -- 2.in (7cm) high; and another red-overlay bottle decorated with The Eight Horses of Muwang on an opaque ground, stopper -- 2.in (6.4cm) high, 19th Century.
See Colour Plate 25 for two. (3)