清十九世紀晚期 赭色地套紅綠料太獅少獅紋鼻煙壺

carved through the overlay to form the design of a lion and its cub playing with a ball on one side, and an elephant with a pot of wannianqinq on its back on the other

There are minute nicks around the mouth and foot rims, there is a minute chip to the tip of one wannianqing leaf and to the edge of the lion cub's tail. There are some scattered burst bubbles on the surface. Overall the bottle is in good condition. The spoon has been removed.
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A similar Yangzhou school snuff bottle from the Mary and George Bloch collection was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st June 2015, lot 155.