White and red carnelian snuffbox decorated with a woman and a cat, China, 1820-1880 Of slightly flattened ovoid form, skilfully carved in the red vein with a large drape enveloping three-quarters of the bottle and a cat reclining on a garden stool. The white vein features a woman in a pleated dress with long ribbons, seated next to a planter on a saddle. The neck is flared and the small foot oval. Green jadeite stopper. Height: 5.5 cm Chip to a ribbon and small defect on the neck plate. Provenance : Millon-Jutheau sale, Hôtel Drouot, July 2, 1984, lot n°156 (illustrated).