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.
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.
