Carved jade snuff bottle ‘Sages in the grotto’, Qing dynasty

White jade with intense amber and reddish flecks. It has a short, elliptical base on which the rounded body of the bottle is placed, decorated on the back with a long, incised poem and on the front with a detailed scene showing two wise old men with solemn expressions, seated inside a grotto with steep walls from which a thin flowering branch emerges. At the top is a narrow cylindrical neck crowned by the traditional lid. With a custom-made box. Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) or later. 

Size: 8.3 x 3.5 x 6.3 cm

Weight: 240 g