SEVEN HARDSTONE SNUFF BOTTLES Qing Dynasty Relief carved in various minerals and comprising: malachite depicting lady in garden, stopper and wood stand; turquoise with squirrels in fruiting vine, stopper and wood stand; turquoise depicting peony, stopper and wood stand; lapis lazuli with mountain goats, stopper and wood stand; lapis lazuli featuring a deer below pine, stopper; agate with cat and butterfly, stopper and another agate bottle depicting birds in branches, stopper and wood stand. The tallest bottle (with stopper): 7.8cm (3 1/16in) high excluding stand (19). 注脚 Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.