A white jade 'longevity' snuff bottleEarly 20th century
Well-hollowed, of rounded rectangular outline, the bottle standing on a splayed oval foot ring, with a straight neck, flat lip, one broad side engraved with a shou character enclosed by five double-gourds and scrolling tendrils, the recessed areas washed in gilt; the reverse thinly incised with a similar design and heightened in gilt; the matrix of unified white with minimum inclusions.
2 3/8in (6cm) high