Vintage Blood Red Banded Jasper Snuff BottleThe almost solid red jasper snuff bottle is of a flattened rectangular shape with rounded shoulders and base tapering to a short raised foot. The oval foot ring encircled a flat bottom. The short straight neck ends with a concave top dipping towards the center opening. The finish is smooth and is matched with a red agate on bone stopper, and bone spoon. Red jasper is an opaque, microcrystalline variety of quartz with large grainy crystals. It has a

Two framed panels of Southern Chinese embroidery of a pheasant and peacock

Five for silver

the vase and chrysanthemums were mostly rust and the rocks beige

This larger size glass battle provides the space for a continuous battle scene

there were many beautiful glass bottles from the 1920's and 1930's period

and more leaves on the other

Dating: 2000's

In the second bottle

The scene is an illustration of  a scene from Gandavyuha

The hand is a typical bent bamboo

Each color has to be fired by itself

Condition: generally good antique condition with some discoloration