A CARVED AGATE 'DOUBLE GOURD' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Agate, of even honey tone, with smooth hand

A CARVED AGATE 'DOUBLE GOURD' SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY Agate, of even honey tone, with smooth hand polish, and darkened brownish-red inclusionsChina, Qing Dynasty. China, Qing DynastyWorked in the form of a double gourd, the facade pierced with leafy twigs issuing smaller double gourds, with a flying bat surfacing from the lower left. The stone of an orange tone.Shape: Double gourdHollowing: Good, following the outside form on the insideMouth, neck and lip: Succinct to depictionBase: Neatly carved in the shape of a butterflyStopper: Matching, carved malachite in the shape of a branch, silver spoonHeight of the bottle with stopper: 6.8 cmWidth of the mouth: 6 mmWidth of the neck: n/aCondition: Bottle in mint condition, the stopper chipped along the lower edgeProvenance: Christopher Sin, Hong Kong. German private collectionLiterature comparison: FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Bonham’s, May 26th 2014, Hong Kong, lot 57. (for a similar bottle).Expertise: Alexander Zacke瑪瑙巧雕葫蘆鼻煙壺, 清代瑪瑙,溫潤蜜色帶紅棕色天然紋路, 優雅手磨光, 中國, 清代葫蘆形, 表面上有葫蘆枝葉, 帶些小葫蘆與蝙蝠飛. 形狀：葫蘆掏膛：完整，隨壺身形狀成形瓶口、頸、瓶唇： 如圖底足：細膩雕成蝴蝶紋蓋: 相配, 孔雀石雕樹枝形蓋, 白銀勺高（帶蓋）：6.8厘米口徑：0.6厘米頸部直徑：無狀態敘述：壺完善狀態, 蓋下邊帶切紋來源：香港 Christopher Sin 舊藏. 德國舊藏文獻: FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Bonham’s, 2014年5月26日, Hong Kong, 編號57.