Chinese gilt-metal snuff-bottle, base with the mark of Guangxu in a square and of the period.

Very rare Chinese gilt-metal snuff-bottle of flattened and round form flanked by lion mask handles, the two faces cast with a roundel depicting a bird and flowers, the base cast with the four-character mark of Guangxu in a square and of the period, c. 1890, Qing dynasty, h. 5,7 cm, 2¼ in. 9-16145

中國鍍金鼻煙壺，扁圓器身，正反各有一處圓形開光花鳥圖，兩側有獅耳，器底一方框內落光緒四字款，十分稀有，約1890年，清光緒，高5.7釐米，2¼英吋。