Double snuff bottle made of molded porcelain in the shape of two gourd-shaped vessels joined together, China, 1780–1850 The double snuff bottle consists of a large gourd glazed in coral red, with leaves around the neck atop which sits a large polychrome butterfly with outstretched wings, and a second small gourd glazed in green attached to one of the ribbed sides of the first. The bottle rests on the base of the large gourd, which is fitted with six small pegs. The stopper is made of malachite and coral. Height: 8.7 cm Publication: Laurence Souksi, *Merveilles de la miniature chinoise: Flacons-tabatières de Chine de la Collection du Commandeur*, Paris, 2000, no. 83, p. 32 (illustrated). To date, only two other examples of this model have been documented. One is published in: Viviane Jutheau, *The Collector’s Guide to Chinese Snuff Bottles*, 1980, Denoël, illustrated in color, p. 85. The other is held in the Cartier-Bresson Collection and on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy (bequest of Marie-Louise Cartier-Bresson, 1936).