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A group of six snuff bottles
Comprising a large transparent amber bottle of compressed baluster shape, the transparent stone of rich golden orange tone, carved to the sides with lion-mask ring handles; an amber bottle, the compressed rounded body incised with a cane-pattern; an ivory bottle of flattened baluster shape, carved with an Immortal; an ivory pilgrim flask bottle, incised to one side with a poem, the reverse with a scholar; and a mother-of-pearl bottle of slender baluster shape, the darker layer of the shell used to carve the figure of a Westerner; and a large flattened baluster bottle imitating ivory; with stoppers, small damages
5.2 cm. - 9.2 cm. high (6)
Comprising a large transparent amber bottle of compressed baluster shape, the transparent stone of rich golden orange tone, carved to the sides with lion-mask ring handles; an amber bottle, the compressed rounded body incised with a cane-pattern; an ivory bottle of flattened baluster shape, carved with an Immortal; an ivory pilgrim flask bottle, incised to one side with a poem, the reverse with a scholar; and a mother-of-pearl bottle of slender baluster shape, the darker layer of the shell used to carve the figure of a Westerner; and a large flattened baluster bottle imitating ivory; with stoppers, small damages
5.2 cm. - 9.2 cm. high (6)
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