Blue and white porcelain snuffbox, China, 19th centuryWhite porcelain cylindrical shape flask glazed in blue underglaze with a continuous decoration showing three rams under the sun and a figure under a pine tree in a mountainous and wooded landscape. The combination of the three rams san yang 三羊 and the rising sun tai yang 太阳 is an auspicious symbol related to the arrival of spring and the Chinese New Year. The rebus San yang kai tai means "three rams bring good luck". Height: 8 cm