Large carved ivory snuffbox and tobacco dish, China, late 19th century Two scenes carved in relief and polychrome on a leiwen background adorn the body of the bottle. One side shows a dignitary surrounded by two women, seated on the high terrace of a pavilion, watching musicians and dancers moving down a grand staircase. The other depicts a group of women and children riding or accompanying various animals (elephant, lion, deer, goat, dog, kirin...). The scenes are separated on either side by large rocks from which rise pine trees and wutong. The shoulder is adorned with small ruyi heads and topped by an assembled neck decorated with leiwen. The stopper is carved in light relief around the rim with flower scrolls and petals radiating out from the handle. Ivory shovel. Beautiful polychromy. The oval tobacco dish is undecorated. Total height: 12 cm; dish size: 3 x 3.3 cm Some cracks. Provenance : Millon-Jutheau sale, December 12 and 13, 1985, lot 174. Publication: Viviane Jutheau, Le Guide du collectionneur de tabatières chinoises, 1980, Denoël, illustrated in color, p. 129, n°1. Exhibition: Tabatières chinoises, Arcade Chaumet, Paris, June 1982, n°226, p. 26 of the catalog. Provenance of the cup: Robert Hall, France, April 11, 1989.