The first bottle, 1780-1880, is opaque black glass and is miniature in size. The second bottle, 1740-1850, is of compressed globular form with splashes of opaque red glass in a ground of translucent pale-green glass. The third bottle, 1820-1870, is carved through the black-overlay to the clear glass ground on one side with a ten-character inscription from a poem by Dai Jin commenting on scenes of Spring, and on the other side with a six-character archaistic inscription taken from the poem 'Seeking But Not Finding the Recluse' by Jin Dao and can be translated as "Under the pines I ask the boy..."
1⅜, 2⅛ and 2⅜ in. (3.5, 5.4 and 6 cm.) high, amethyst, glass, and jadeite stoppers

First and second:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 6007 and 3650.

Third:
B. Humphrey, Texas.
William Turner, Texas.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, no. 5312.

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