Details
The first bottle, 1800-1900, is carved on one side with a masked actor, and with a bearded sage holding a fly whisk on the other, the translucent stone of honey-tone with some lighter striations and dark-brown inclusions. The second bottle, 1760-1840, is carved in relief through the brown markings of the translucent beige-toned stone with a hawk perched on a branch beneath scrolling clouds.
2½ and 2 in. (6.3 and 5 cm.) high, glass stoppers

Provenance
Mary Morrison Collection, Vancouver.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 5318 and 5310.
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