A white jade snuff bottle with diamond-point engraved decoration

Property from the Collection of Dr. Dean Edell
A white jade snuff bottle with diamond-point engraved decoration
18th/19th century
Well-hollowed, the rounded rectangular bottle standing on a carefully finished oval foot ring, with a straight neck, flat lip, lightly incised on one side with figures in boat, or on the riverbank under a pine tree, the reverse depicting one of the Disciples of the Buddha, Ingata, holding a long-handled spade to restrain a snake, with two bats hovering above; the incised details picked out in purple tinged color.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high