Chinese Carved Dark Brown Quartz Snuff Bottle, 1780-1880. Of rounded rectangular form, the front carved in relief through the white skin with a pavilion above waves, flanked by a pair of cranes with three in flight above, the reverse incised with a pair of bats above waves, the rose quartz stopper within a light green collar. H: 2.75 in., W: 1.625 in., D: .875 in. Provenance: Hugh M. Moss, Ltd., London, October 1976.

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2.75 x 1.625 x 0.875 in