A CARVED WHITE AND GRAY NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLE 1800-1900A CARVED WHITE AND GRAY NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLE1800-1900 Well-hollowed, the bulbous bottle standing on a wide, oval footrim, with a cylindrical neck and flat lip, one main side borrowing the gray inclusions in the white matrix, carved with two jolly Buddhist lions chasing a 'brocade' ball, the reverse incised with an inscription within a square reserve, signed Shi Cun, each narrow side carved with a faux handle in the form of an animal head suspending two interlocked rings.2 1/4in (5.6cm) high1800-1900 灰白玉刻太師少師帶銘鼻煙壺一件石村款Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 308The inscription can be translated approximately as 'the roaring of the lion shakes the clouds and brings the universe a good, prosperous year.'