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Six miniature figures of Chinese opera actors. Painted polychrome costumes of various styles. Faces are disguised with coloured paint to indicate different roles.
Procession of fifty miniature, polychrome metal figurines mounted on two strips of cardboard (parts a and b). Arranged in a two by two fashion, the first fourteen figures carry tall banners with either decorative strips or characters on them. The next ten figures, also arranged two by two, are playing various musical instruments. The following six figures are dressed in white tunics and carry large sprays of white hair. The remaining twenty figures are arranged evenly in front and behind a palanquin that they are carrying; the palanquin is ornately decorated with red, painted fabric and a large wreath.
A glass snuff bottle (part a) that is painted inside with water, and forest scenes having figures engaged in various activities. There is a human with an ox-like animal on one side. Ther is a stopper (part b) that is made of green jade (?). The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval, and has four legs.
A small cylindrical glass snuff bottle (part a) painted with a main design consisting of a female figure, clothed in red, holding a fan in a garden. There is a stopper (part b) that is coral-coloured.
A small cylindrical glass snuff bottle (part a) painted with a female figure, clothed in red, in a garden. There is a stopper (part b) that is coral-coloured.
A flat glass snuff bottle (part a) that is painted in ink with a design consisting of a landscape that has two small humans under a tree on one side while there is a tent-like structure under a tree on the other side. There is a stopper (part b) that is made of pink jade (?). The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval, and has four legs.
A glass snuff bottle (part a) that is painted on the inside with a lady on one side, and a poem on the other. There is a stopper (part b) that is made of an orange coral encased in metal. The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval, and has four legs.
Full length male and female figures (part a) on black wooden stand (part b). Male has his left arm wrapped around the female who shifts her left arm upward. His right arm is extended in front of the female with a box in his hand. A sword hangs from his right hip and its sheath is decorated with circles. He is wearing a hat with a geometric and floral design. His robe has clouds and flowers on it. Her robe has a different floral with clouds pattern. Her black hair is tied up in a bun up top and she is wearing earrings.
A small flattened bottle-shaped snuff bottle (part a) that is carved with two elephants in high relief on the shoulders, and is painted with a scene of two gold fish in a pond with poetry. Water weeds are incised in green while the fish are in red. There is a stopper (part b). The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an elongated oval, and has four legs.
Full length, elaborately carved female figure painted in detail (part a). Head is detachable and functions as stopper (part b); a short spoon is attached at the opposite end.