A CARVED SHADOW AGATE ‘FIGURES’ SNUFF BOTTLE

A CARVED SHADOW AGATE ‘FIGURES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, QING DYNASTY, 1780-1900
The bottle is carved in low relief utilising the natural markings in the stone as a silhouette design of a scholar and his attendant in a boat sailing through turbulent waves above lotus blossoms. Together with an agate snuff dish.

Bottle: 2 ¾ in. (7.1 cm.) high, amethyst stopper;
Dish: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diam. (2)