A TOURMALINE, FOUR AMETHYST AND TWO ROSE-QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLES TOGETHER WITH AN AMETHYST PENDANT Qing Dynasty The tourmaline bottle relief-carved with butterflies and foliage, stopper with peony finial, wood stand; the amethyst examples variously relief-carved with: peony, bird and rockwork, stopper with bird finial, wood stand; peony and bird, flower head stopper; conjoined fish, stopper with fish finial, wood stand: bird amidst prunus, stopper with bird finial; birds and lingzhi fungus, matching stopper; birds amidst peony, matching stopper together with an amethyst bird and gourd pendant. The tallest bottle (with stopper): 9.8cm (3 7/8in) high (18). 注脚 Provenance: An English private collection, and thence by descent.