B24

Quartz, translucent icy blue colourless material and flattened rounded form, one side carved with a dragon emerging from the clouds, the other side with a dragon amongst waves.

Chinese, 1760 - 1800
Stopper: pink glass in the shape of a mandarin hat
Provenance: Ko collection, sold Christies, London, 1978
Height: 5.2cm

This bottle is wonderfully tactile. It is not always easy to photograph snuff bottles of a non-specific colour especially when made from materials that are neither bright nor colourful, but this is a good example from this group.

Zodiac sign / Dragon