Vintage Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Maroon OverlayThis vintage frosted glass bottle with inside painting and artistic purple glass overlay gave me a feeling of art deco, especially with the way the foot is decorated like cut glass. It is a rounded rectangular form tapering towards the base and ending in an oval feet. Thin lines in aubergine glass define the shape of the bottle, with unusual wavy lines on the shoulder, lion like masks with rings on the side and repeating with a thin line on the base

its prime importance is the appearance

leaf and insects are larger than the human figures

A game of chase perhaps

the artisans of China seldom worked as independent artists

It became a material for stone snuff bottles when the pretty rocks were brought back by Chinese traders when trade was encouraged between China and Africa after China became the People Republic of China

"  According to the Western calendar

The cap is a green agate on a black disk

Sometimes the green patterns give an impression of a heavy forested landscape

for painting

5 inches x 9 inches high

The opening is concave

900's to 1930's