Lot 1519 , A Chinese agate ‘boys’ snuff bottle, 19th century 5.5cm high, brass and coral stopper

A Chinese agate ‘boys’ snuff bottle, 19th century of compressed globular form, each side engraved with a boy, one playing with a pull-along rabbit toy, the other with a goose, well hollowed, 5.5cm high, brass and coral stopper
£200-300

Condition:
Bottle no damage seen; cover curious circular indentation, as shown. Stand is modern, top stained. Provenance - the former owner collected jades and snuff bottles in the 1960s and early 1970s while living and working in Hong Kong. Petit China Art Store page extract (shown in image) not included with this lot. Instead, there is a receipt dated 5th March, 1970, as shown.

Sold for £280