清十九世紀 水晶佛手形鼻煙壺

naturalistically carved in the form of a finger-citron ('Buddha's hand') with additional small fruit and leaves carved in low relief on the surface, attached to an intertwining branch, the quartz material with a tinge of green

There are minuscule chips at the extremities of the leaves and tendrils. The colour in the catalogue photo has too much of a yellowish-brown tinge. In reality, it is a more attractive greyish-green crystal colour.
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