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—1 64. Collection of 37 snuff-bottles of the Kien-Lung period :

A. Porcelain snufF-bottle, decorated with numerous figures in high relief.

B. Large carved brown agate snufF-bottle, carved with figures of a deity, birds, etc.
Emerald-green jade top.

C. Large gourd-shaped snufF-bottle, decorated with fruit and foliage in relief,
enamelled in various colours on a coral ground.

D. Melon-shaped snuflf-bottle, decorated with sprays of flowers and insects
enamelled in colours on a rich coral ground; the neck black.

E. Large black agate snufF-bottle, carved with figure of a sage on a donkey,
followed by a boy, carved in high relief and showing the blue strata. Pink crystal top.

F. Large gourd-shaped snufF-bottle, decorated with gourd fruit, bats, and foliage
enamelled in colours on a white porcelain. Metal top.

G. Companion bottle to A.

H. Twin porcelain snufF-bottle, decorated with flowers in rose-verte colours and
poems in black. The borders are green and pink relieved with coloured flowers.

I, Cinquefoil-shaped porcelain snufF-bottle, decorated with figures of ladies in
rich rose-verte colours on white; the borders green, with formal flowers in colours.

J. Agate snufF-bottle, carved with figures of cocks and sprays of fungus in high

relief.

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