AN AGATE 'SCHOLAR AND PINE TREE' SNUFF BOTTLE Mid Qing Dynasty Crisply carved on one side with a bearded scholar carrying a staff in front of a long, gnarled pine issuing from craggy rockwork, a stream flowing forth into the reverse with a sampan carrying a fisherman with a fishing rod, also beneath a pine tree, the stone of honey-amber tone, tourmaline stopper with ivory spoon. 5.2cm (2in) high. (2). 注脚 清中期 瑪瑙浮雕松下高士圖鼻煙壺 See a related chalcedony snuff bottle with scholar and attendant under prunus, 1730-1850, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection vol.2, part 2, Quartz, Hong Kong, 2000, p.504, no.366, which was later sold by Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 2013, Lot 25.