19TH CENTURY
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FIVE SEMI-PRECIOUS HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES
19th century
Comprising an unusual lapis-lazuli twin bottle carved with an archaic bronze vessel and a drunken poet; a tapering oviform lapis-lazuli bottle; a rare chrysoprase bottle of a fresh apple-green colour carved with a crane and pine trees; a small pale green turquoise bottle carved in high relief; and a translucent pink tourmaline bottle carved with a horse and incised with a poetic inscription, all with stoppers (5)
19th century
Comprising an unusual lapis-lazuli twin bottle carved with an archaic bronze vessel and a drunken poet; a tapering oviform lapis-lazuli bottle; a rare chrysoprase bottle of a fresh apple-green colour carved with a crane and pine trees; a small pale green turquoise bottle carved in high relief; and a translucent pink tourmaline bottle carved with a horse and incised with a poetic inscription, all with stoppers (5)
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