Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle with provenance – No Reserve

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Antique Chinese porcelain snuffbottle with provenance – no reserve Provenance: from Robert Eldred's Auction House in 2005. Will attach proof with shipment Polychrome porcelain snuff bottle in pilgrim flask form with protruding foo lion mask with ring. Main body decorated with landscape cartouches, surrounded by flowers and plants and with two butterflies on the shoulders Red Qianlong mark on the base. Conforming stopper with a bone spoon. Age: 19th century Height: About 2.5 inches excluding the stopper; 2.9 including stopper Condition: Excellent with no cracks, hairlines or repairs. minor nicks to the mouth Key words: Chinese antique, snuff bottle, jade, coral, copper, enameled, carved, overlay, bamboo, porcelain, gourd, glass, bamboo, enamel, copper, agate, carnelian, amber, tourmaline , vase, plate, carvings, works of art More precisely, this is a famille rose bottle dating most probably to early 19th Century.