A GROUP OF EIGHT VARIOUS SNUFF BOTTLESQing Dynasty to 20th centuryComprising: a white jade 'horse' snuff bottle, agate stopper; a rock crystal bottle formed as three finger citron, hardstone stopper; a rock crystal bottle humorously carved as a mythical beast, stopper; a green hardstone bottle carved as a toad with a shell on its back; a porcelain snuff bottle simulating coral, carved in relief with flowering plants, agate stopper; a red overlay glass snuff bottle with double-xi characters; a hardstone snuff bottle with a carp leaping from waves, lapis lazuli stopper; and a porcelain snuff bottle enamelled with twin dragons flankingshou emblems.The tallest: 8cm (3 1/8in) high (16).For further information on this lot please visit theCondition Report: General surface wear and scratches, nibbles to extremities. Natural flaws and fissures in all bottles.The rock crystal lion-form bottle with some chipping and loss to one side of mane.The 'toad' bottle with the wood stopper detached.The 'fish' snuff bottle: the tip of one fin restored. Copper red veins running around the body that although a bit in relief to the touch appear to be of the stone.Snowflakes glass bottle: the stopper broken and reattached with visible cracks on it.Porcelain 'dragons' bottle: metal rim to the mouth.