THREE 'ORGANIC' BOTTLES1800-1900 The first a coral bottle ofpressed tear-drop shape carved with low-relief peony sprays on one side and chrysanthemum on the other, each with a butterfly above; the second a white-metal-mounted seed-pod bottle, ofpressed rounded shape with a slight natural curve from side on; the third a Baltic amber bottle, of small oviform shape, a darker inclusion on one side carved with a Daoist sage reclining beneath a fruiting tree, a figure of Budai on the other side; all with stoppers, one conforming. 2 5/8in (6.8cm) high; 1 11/16in (4.4cm) high; 2 3/16in (6.3cm) high (3). 1800-1900年 珊瑚、種子、琥珀鼻烟壺各一 Provenance: The first: Robert C. Eldred, 22 August 1990. The second: Mei Ling Collection Sotheby's New York, 15 March 1984, lot 140 The third: Bob C. Stevens Peter Bozzo Sotheby's New York, 2 December 1985, lot 222 Published: Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottle s. New York and Tokyo, 1976, no. 701 來源： 其一： Robert C. Eldred拍賣行，1990年8月22日 其二： 美玲珍藏 紐約蘇富比，1984年3月15日，拍品編號140 其三： Bob C. Stevens舊藏 Peter Bozzo舊藏 紐約蘇富比，1985年12月2日，拍品編號222 出版： Bob C. Stevens, 《The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles》，紐約及東京，1976年，號701 For another seed-pod bottle formerly in the Bob C. Stevens Collection, see Hugh M. Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles, No. 4 , pp. 49-50, fig. 16.