The rectangular bottle carved from an attractive stone of even pale tone, decorated on one side with two butterflies flying amidst floral petals, the reverse inscribed with seal script characters reading 'Diefen Yinhuaxian', flanked by a pair of lion mask handles to the sides. 5.5cm (2 1/8in) high.|白玉花蝶圖鼻煙壺Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏The inscription on one side reads: '蝶紛印華鮮' , which may be translated as 'The profusion of butterflies mark the fresh flowers'.