Vintage Grey and Brown Banded Agate Snuff BottleThe larger size bottle has a flattened globular shape with sloping shoulders and tapering slightly towards the base endIging in a short raised oval foot. The top of the bottle dips towards the center opening concave, not flat. It is matched with a banded agate cap, a custom made wood stopper and bone spoon. The agate bottle has bands of grey, tan, beige, accentuated with thin lines of brown. It is well hollowed, but not enough to be called a floater.

Date: late Edo to early Meiji Period

The artist's name is in the seal and he wrote in calligraphy - The Twelve Happiness and dated by Cyclical date of Wuyin 1998

accurate dating is essential in determining accurate prices

He would love this porcelain paper weight painted with a traditional Chinese Snow Scape

5 inches wide x 1 inch deep x 3 inches high

This small snuff bottle is a fine example from that time

easily recognized by its popular appeal to the masses

with a solitary open lotus blossom standing alone amidst lotus leaves and another flower and unopened buds are carefully done in raised carving (which is more work intensive than engravings

and its is a very elaborate home to hold crickets

Dimensions: 14

though true fans of the novel will be able to say in a heart beat who the characters are and from which scene

late Qing Dynasty to early Chinese Republic