Carved and openwork lardstone snuffbox, China, 19th century The bottle is composed of two assembled parts, the body and the foot. The grayish-beige body is carved on each side with three cartouches featuring openwork geometric motifs, revealing the inner body of the flask through the openings. Each shoulder is carved in high relief with the head of a mythical animal. From each mouth, a ribbon runs along the short side to the foot, then back up to frame the three cartouches on the main sides, taking the form of a ruyi. The foot, made of red lardstone, is assembled and incised with a floral motif that is repeated around the neck. Pink glass stopper. Height: 7 cm Small chips. Provenance : Millon-Jutheau sale, Hôtel Drouot, October 19, 1990, lot n°431 (illustrated).