A Chalcedony 'Hawk and Pines' Snuff Bottle Official School, Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

of compressed form supported on a protruding flat footrim, carved with a partial cameo design on both sides, the natural darker-brown area of the skin skilfully utilised to render a scene of a hawk perched on luxuriant branches of pine, the reverse with a dog looking at birds below a rocky crevice, all against a rich pale beige-coloured ground