FIVE VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES, one of flattened baluster shape hollowed from jadeite and carved with two fixed-ring mask handles, the stone of pale green tone with apple and emerald inclusions; another of ovoid shape hollowed from jadeite, the stone of mottled icy green tone; another of spade shape carved and hollowed from hair crystal, one side with a shallow-relief Buddhist lion and ribboned double-gourd, the other with a pine tree; another of rounded rectangular shape, well hollowed from chalcedony agate and using the deep russet inclusions to depict a bird; the last of rounded rectangular shape, well carved using a butterscotch vertical band to colour the panel on one side (polished rim chip) all 18th/19th Century -stoppers (5)

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FIVE VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES, one of flattened baluster shape hollowed from jadeite and carved with two fixed-ring mask handles, the stone of pale green tone with apple and emerald inclusions; another of ovoid shape hollowed from jadeite, the stone of mottled icy green tone; another of spade shape carved and hollowed from hair crystal, one side with a shallow-relief Buddhist lion and ribboned double-gourd, the other with a pine tree; another of rounded rectangular shape, well hollowed from chalcedony agate and using the deep russet inclusions to depict a bird; the last of rounded rectangular shape, well carved using a butterscotch vertical band to colour the panel on one side (polished rim chip) all 18th/19th Century -stoppers (5)

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