Snuff Bottle: Jasper Puddingstone Snuff BottleThe flattened rectangular shape snuff bottle with a slightly raised flatoval foot and a concave opening. It is made of Jasper Conglomerate, commonly known as Puddingstone. It is a stone with a conglomerate that consists of distinctly rounded pebbles whose colors contrast with the finer grained matric surrounding them. This bottle has a beautiful mixture of grays and light color matrix, and rocks of brown, black, and beige. It is matched with a red

painting etc bore the Guyuexuan mark

5 in diameter and 4

Soapstone is a soft stone and easy to carve

This is a beautiful bottle made of fossilized wood

is not well finished

the Monkey King interrupted the Queen Mother of the West's birthday party by stealing her peaches (symbol of longevity

It is also visible from the underside

The large bottle has a clear field that shows off the fern like filaments

The spout has a blossom on one side and on the top is  indentation that resembles the knots that form on trees

Knife marks from carving are quite evident

intensified by the richer dark lines that separated the petals

The subject matter is quite interesting - it is the portrait of the most powerful emperor of the Tang Dynasty CE 618 - 907