A carved lavender quartz snuff bottle1850-1900
Of flattened, rectangular form with rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and neatly carved oval foot rim, carved in low relief to each side with an oval vignette with a leafy branch of ripe fruit, the sides carved with mock mask ring handles, stopper.
6cm (2.3/8in) high.注脚Objects of Desire: A European private collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Lots 98-146

Provenance: Antiquités St. Nicolas, Chablis, France, 16th July 1986