de forme cubique à angles coupés, les quatre côtés à décor d'Immortels, les faces triangulaires rehaussées de caractères shou, une marque Qianlong shang wan ("Pour l'appréciation de l'Empereur Qianlong") moulée à la base, monture en métal doré (2)

There is wear to the pointed corners of the body, particular to three corners around the neck. There is a 3-pronged star crack across one figure on one side of the body. There is a ca. 0.5cm wide natural hole to the centre of the base. The four characters 'Qianlong shang wan' (appreciated by the Qianlong emperor) are moulded around the flower head on the base of the snuff bottle. The mount possibly of later date.
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