A carved tourmaline snuff bottle

Property from the Emma-Jane Howard Trust
A carved tourmaline snuff bottle
Late 19th/early 20th century
The front carved in rounded relief with a Guanyin seated in lalitasana on a rock-form pedestal in front of a nimbus, the goddess holding a lotus bud in one hand, and an elixir vase in the other hand, flanked with a pair of faux lion mask-and-ring handles on the narrow sides; the purplish-pink matrix with iridescent inclusions and natural fissure lines.
2in (5.1cm) high