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A small turquoise snuff-bottle carved with scrolling handles and flowering branches issuing from rockwork -- 2.in.high; a coral bottle and stopper carved in relief with a figure of Guanyin standing above a lion, a boy above her looking down at a dragon -- 3½.in.high; two malachite bottles incised in gilt with warriors and ladies in gardens -- 3¼.in.high max; a double-gourd cloisonne bottle -- 3.in.high; a pear-shaped cloisonne bottle -- 3.in.high; a jadeite oviform bottle -- 2½.in.high; a moss agate bottle; a mauve hardstone bottle carved with pine and lotus; a dark grey crystal bottle carved with a coiled dragon; an amethyst bottle carved with foliage; two opal bottles carved with lotus -- 2½.in.high max; an inside-painted bottle decorated with warriors in combat; two enamelled bottles decorated with foliage -- 3.in.high max; three porcelain bottles ; and a Mongolian style bottle with inset turquoise mounts, all with stoppers, some wood stands.
See Cover Illustration for one. (19)
See Cover Illustration for one. (19)