Vintage Late 19 Century Amber Beijing Glass Snuff Bottle With Gold FlecksThe transparent amber glass bottle is of flattened, rounded form and suffused with gold flecks. The raised oval foot has a unpolished concave interior. The top is flat and has a large quarter inch opening. The simple flat round surfaces with raised edges symbolize flat mirrors. This idea was suggested by K. B. Tsang in his article published in the Journal of the International Snuff Bottle Society. The associate cap is red glass capped in brass with a

t The bottle is in good shape

and applied in low relief figures of boys and men

alternating with orange carnelian beads

The charm with the boy on the qilin carrying a lotus is a pictorial pun symbolizing the wish to have a baby boy year after year

but British Columbia yields similar quality stones

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25 is the diameter of the mouth and 7

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

Condition: original condition

The snuff bottle has a unique form

5 inches diameter

and Liu Hai's coin was tied to the flying scarf or ribbon over his head