Bamboo-Veneered Snuff Bottle

Bamboo-Veneered Snuff Bottle, China, Qianlong period (1736-1796), of flat pear shape, either side finely carved into a cartouche with an archaistic kui dragon atop waves, the stopper surmounted by a round knob, ht. 2 1/4 in. N.B. The snuff bottle was possibly made in the Imperial Palace Workshops in Beijing. Similar ones were sold at Christie's New York, March 2006, lot 72; and Christie's Hong Kong, December 2009, lot 1998. Other examples can be found in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Volume 47 - Snuff Bottles , Hong Kong, 2003. No damage