A GROUP OF FOUR VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of mother-of-pearl of flattened ovoid shape well carved in high relief with a dragon-carp exhaling a flaming pearl held by a passing bat, the reverse carved in shallow relief with a bat suspending a Shou character; the second of mother-of-pearl of flattened rounded rectangular shape mounted in metal; the third hollowed from a natural pod mounted with a foliate metal ruff decorated with birds and butterflies among foliage; the last of lacquer, of double-gourd shape, lightly incised with characters and birds (cracked, chipped), 19th Century (4)

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A GROUP OF FOUR VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLES, the first of mother-of-pearl of flattened ovoid shape well carved in high relief with a dragon-carp exhaling a flaming pearl held by a passing bat, the reverse carved in shallow relief with a bat suspending a Shou character; the second of mother-of-pearl of flattened rounded rectangular shape mounted in metal; the third hollowed from a natural pod mounted with a foliate metal ruff decorated with birds and butterflies among foliage; the last of lacquer, of double-gourd shape, lightly incised with characters and birds (cracked, chipped), 19th Century (4)