AN AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE

very well hollowed, of rounded square form below a cylindrical neck, resting on a neatly finished oval foot, carved in low relief with a continuous scene of a figure contemplating in the shade of a meandering pine tree, with tall rockwork and tree branches extending to the reverse, the material of pale even purple tone

Private Collection, California.
Mrs. John Sheafe Douglas.

Chinese Snuff Bottles and Jade Carvings from the Douglas, Gnam and Other Collections, Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 1992, p. 47, no. 67.

There is a tiny chip on the foot rim and one on the mouth rim. In otherwise good condition.
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