A QUARTZ AND AN AMBER BOTTLEThe first: 1850-1920; the second: 1760-1840 The first a rutilated golden-brown quartz bottle of small spade shape with cylindrical neck, the matrix suffused with golden iridescent inclusions amidst further swirling brown and purple inclusions, the second a bright orange-toned 'beeswax' amber bottle ofpressed rounded square shape, some darker inclusions suggestive of a bat amidst clouds or vapor on one side and cloud-like inclusions on the other; the second a rutilated golden-brown quartz bottle of small spade shape with cylindrical neck, the matrix suffused with golden iridescent inclusions amidst further swirling brown and purple inclusions; stoppers. 1 3/4in (4.5cm) high; 1 15/16in (5.1cm) high (2). 其一：1760-1840年；其二：1850-1920年 琥珀、玉髓鼻烟壺各一 Provenance: The first: Alice B. McReynolds Sotheby's New York, 16 April 1985, lot 142 The second: Avrina Pugh Collection, no. 4C Sotheby's New York, 1 April 2005, lot 407 Exhibited: The second: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 109 來源： 其一： Alice B. McReynolds舊藏 紐約蘇富比，1985年4月16日，拍品編號142 其二： Avrina Pugh舊藏 紐約蘇富比，2005年4月1日，拍品編號407 展覽： 其一：國際中國鼻烟壺協會年會，2013年10月5-9日，號109 Several so-called 'beeswax' bottles are still preserved in the Imperial Collection, see Xia Gengqi and Zhang Rong (ed's.), Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum (Gugong biyanhu xuancui) , Beijing, 1995, p. 145, no. 144 and Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum , Taipei, National Palace Museum, 1991, pp.255-257, no's 380 and 384.