Details
One side of the rectangular baluster snuff bottle is carved with a buddhist lion seated beside a plantain in a grey layer of crystal. The other side is incised with a sinuous dragon grabbing a fish from cresting waves. The bottle is of a smoky dark brown tone.
2 ¾ in. (7.1 cm.) high


Provenance
From a private collection in the UK, acquired in London in the 1980s-1990s
Special notice
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