Vintage Cameo Banded Agate Snuff BottleThe snuff bottle carver had fun with this agate bottle. He made good use of the stone by doing a cameo carving of a fisherman with a basket standing in a boat on a river. That was one side, and the other side showed lovely bands of white striations running through the light yellow agate. The bottle has a flattened oblong shape that tapers slightly towards the base ending in a wide raised oval foot. The short straight neck has a concave top. The snuff

The design is a raised carving of geometric lines and floral and fauna

with a leafy lid and the stem as the finial

CONDITION:  Good Condition

One of the most striking feature of Sumida wares is the humor and whimsy expressed in their creations that is absent in other Asian ceramics

5 cm) wide and 3

The bottle is of a flattened globular shape tapering to a small raised foot

or paperweights were crucial on windy days to protect his paper from blowing away

It has a circular shape tapering to a flat oval foot

It is painted with a pair of tigers on one side and a single tiger on the other

The snuff bottle is of a flattened oviod form tapering in the bottom to a recessed short oval shape raised foot

To feature monkeys was a popular choice

the lines created by the slopes lead the eye to the center with a figure about to descend on the snowy steps