Snuff Bottle: Antique Yellow Jade Bottle with Floral CarvingThe soft yellow honey color jade snuff bottle has a flattened rectangular form slightly tapering towards the flat foot with a concave bottom. The square shoulders end in a straight neck with a concave top. A continuous depiction of a lotus plants, 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.) It is matched

This colorful pebble shaped soapstone is fashioned as a scholar rock

Dating: late 19 to early 20 century

botryoidal

The bottle is cloisonne on copper

There is no inscription

These colorful presentations added joy and brilliance to their every day lives

The three legged toad is a popular icon in Chinese culture

It is matched with a brass encased agate top

Dimensions: 5

This 20 century seated Guanyin cradling a bottle vase with her right hand and the left hand with extended fingers gracefully hovering over the bottle's top does not stray far from the 18 century prototype

It has a dark brown agate stopper with a black disk

The craftsmanship is excellent