Grey and brown agate snuffbox carved with women in a garden, China, late 19th centuryOf rounded form, carved using the veins of the stone of a scene showing on one side a woman holding a basket suspended from a stick and a flycatcher and two women, one holding a qin and the other a flycatcher, a butterfly in flight above them, on the other. Bamboos, flowering plum trees and flower branches frame the two scenes. All around the foot are carved stylized waves. Green and white jadeite stopper. Height : 6 cm