The base has an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
2⁹⁄₁₆ in. (6.5 cm.) high, metal stopper, hardwood stand, wood box

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The Tang Ying Collection.
Martin Schoen Collection.
Joseph B. Silver Collection.
Clare Lawrence, London, 1992.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.

Chinese Snuff Bottles of the 17th and 18th Centuries from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Schoen, New York, 1953, pp. 8-9, no. 18.
L. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Rutland, Vermont, 1960, p. 93, no. 74.
J. Silver, Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of Joseph Baruch Silver, Jerusalem, 1987, p. 6, addendum.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 258-259, no. 113.

China Institute, New York, 1 December 1952 - 31 January 1953, pp. 8-9, no. 18.

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