Blue glass snuffbox decorated with two dragons, China, 1780-1850 Flattened round shape, the luminous blue overlay is carved on an opaque white ground with a design depicting the sea dragon rising from the waves on one side and the air dragon in the clouds on the other, both in pursuit of the flaming pearl. Pink tourmaline stopper. Height: 5.3 cm Provenance : Millon-Jutheau sale, October 3, 1988, lot 53 (illustrated).