A LACQUERED WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE

of square form with rounded corners, supported on a neatly carved oval foot, one face with a five-character inscription in archaic script, the reverse with a two-column regular script inscription followed by a signature, the sides carved with animal-mask handles suspending mock rings

Collection of Dr. Paula Hallett.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.
Clare Lawrence Ltd.

In good condition with some tiny nibbles on the footrim.
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The inscriptions can be translated as:

'Thinking and missing over and over again.'

'Citing a poetic line by Wu Danchuan
Recorded by Sangeng'