Details
An ivory flattened snuff bottle
inlaid in silver with lion mask and ring handles, decorated to one side with a reclining stag carrying a jar on its back, the reverse with an archaic vessel modelled as a mythical beast, stopper -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) high, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, wood stand, (slight lifting of silver).
See Colour Plate.
inlaid in silver with lion mask and ring handles, decorated to one side with a reclining stag carrying a jar on its back, the reverse with an archaic vessel modelled as a mythical beast, stopper -- 2½in. (6.4cm.) high, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, wood stand, (slight lifting of silver).
See Colour Plate.