Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Snuff Bottle with China MarkThe snuff bottle is of a flattened oviod form tapering in the bottom to a recessed short oval shape raised foot. The straight neck ends in a flat top. The inside paintings on both sides feature a seated lady in a garden seating. Both ladies have long faces and high chignons and long hair tied into a long braid. The painting style harks back to Qing Dynasty style of painting . The serpentine cap is original and the stopper is cork. A CHINA mark was

also known as the Flying General

The intricately woven bamboo mating remains in good condition

often associated with the royal palaces of Europe

On the white background are continuous vines covered with tiny blue and white and maroon flowers The back of the charger is decorated with a repeat pattern of interlocking fancy "commas" or scroll designs

The first known records of mountains  in Chinese art appeared on the cave paintings of the Buddhist's Western Paradise

The bird has a long tail

Dating: after 1970

The clay body is thin

This 20 century seated Guanyin cradling a bottle vase with her right hand and the left hand with extended fingers gracefully hovering over the bottle's top does not stray far from the 18 century prototype

easily recognized by its popular appeal to the masses

The other decorative elements are the tiny metal Buddhist peace symbols at the four corners of the cover

and further afield to Syria and Egypt