A Chinese stained ivory snuff bottle; a Chinese amber snuff bottle

Qing Dynasty

Medium

the front carved in relief with a monkey hanging from a vine enclosed by a lobed border, the reverse with a monkey and its child seated on a rocky outcrop, the ovoid flattened body intricately carved in low relief with geometric motifs, with similarly decorated ivory stopper, the flattened ovoid body carved to the front with an Immortal holding a peach and a fly-whisk, the reverse with a young boy playing with a crane below a pair of bats against an engraved lozenge background, the sides carved in relief with mask-headed ring-handles, amber stopper, lacking snuff spoon

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