A silver snuff bottle inset with white jade belt buckle sections
A silver snuff bottle inset with white jade belt buckle sections
Bottle: Republic period; jade: 18th century
Supported on an oval foot ring, the silver body decorated with filigree scrolls in addition to inlaid jade, ruby, rose quartz, and other semi-precious cabochons, each main side inset with a section from a jade belt buckle deeply undercut with a chilong holding a lingzhi sprig in its mouth.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
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A silver snuff bottle inset with white jade belt buckle sections
Bottle: Republic period; jade: 18th century
Supported on an oval foot ring, the silver body decorated with filigree scrolls in addition to inlaid jade, ruby, rose quartz, and other semi-precious cabochons, each main side inset with a section from a jade belt buckle deeply undercut with a chilong holding a lingzhi sprig in its mouth.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high