CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES (HARD STONES.) 



[3.] Small square bottle, engraved on two sides with 

 Chinese characters, and on two with flowers : rough 

 inside ; coral stopper. 



[4.] Flat, circular, transparent; green jade stopper; 

 polished inside. 



[5.] Double cylindrical bottle; with green glass 

 stoppers, and spoons ; polished inside. 



[ 6.] Circular, flattened ; roughened inside ; lightly 

 engraved with flowers on one side only ; carnelian stopper. 



[7.] Flat, oblong; polished inside; a tree engraved in 

 low relief on one side. 



[8.] Flattened, nearly circular; lion handles in relief; 

 sides concave, polished inside ; metal stopper. 



[9.] Flattened, oblong, oval; partly polished inside; 

 lion handles; Chinese characters on one side, flowers and 

 leaves on other; coral stopper. 



[ io.] Oblong, oval; polished inside, fluted edges; 

 green jade stopper. 



[ ii.] In form of dog (Kylin), rough inside ; malachite 

 stopper. 



[ 12.] Circular, engraved with obverse and reverse of 

 Spanish dollar; polished inside. 



[ 13.] Oval, oblong; lion handles; dragons and kylins 

 engraved on sides in low relief. 



[ 14.] Large, plain; polished inside. (From the "loot" 

 of the Summer Palace, Pekin.) 



[15.] Six-sided; on each side plants and animals in 

 relief; polished inside; green jade stopper. 



[ 16.] Flattened, oval; surface reticulated. 



[ 17.] Flattened, oval ; lion handles ; two medallions in 

 relief, with flowers ; pink crystal stopper. 



[ 1 8.] Flat, square, oblong; with flowers in relief on 

 one side ; polished inside ; coral stopper. 



[19.] Flat, oblong; plants in relief; polished inside; 

 green jade stopper. 



[ 20.] Circular, flat, in dark crystal; sides covered with 

 circular devices in relief. 



[21.] Brown, flat, square bottle; lion handles; 

 polished inside ; jargoon stopper. 



