A Suzhou-type agate snuff bottle
18th/19th centuryWell hollowed, and standing on a flat, oval foot, the flattened ovoid bottle carved in shallow relief with a continuous scene of a bearded sage receiving offerings from boys and foreigners within a pine-strewn landscape, the black and brown inclusions cleverly incorporated in the design, coral stopper with bone guard.5.7cm (2 1/4in) high (2).