Aventurine glass snuffbox carved with a bird design, China, circa 1900 Baluster-shaped, carved on each side with a bird on a plum blossom and on the shoulders with a Buddhist lion mask with a ring. The neck is flared and it stands on an oval foot. En suite stopper. H. with stopper: 7 cm A small chip on the outer rim of the neck. Provenance : Me Jutheau sale, March 1, 1984, lot 176 (illustrated).