Featured Antique Chinese snuff bottle, carved, what material?

Hi all Antiquers!
First, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU

Here is my first 2019 buy
Not in my hands yet, described as carved wood , but I can see no grain on the bottle itself, thinking the stopper may be hard wood.
Dimension, 6cm (2.1/3") high 3cm (1.1/4") wide.
Full of old grime, wondering if I'll "taste" it before it got a bath

I wonder if it could be turtleshell, amber or horn, material seems to have some translucence from the seller's pics.
What is your opinion?
Of course, I'll update after getting the piece in hand 8

 

I'm going for red resin.

 

Wait till you have it in your hand. Right now I think Stephen is right, resin made to look like horn or Burmese amber, possibly with a wooden stopper.
But you could come with some brilliant revelation once you have it. Especially after you've tasted it.

The Chinese have been making resin lookalike bottles resembling horn and Burmese amber for some time. They often come with dark wooden stoppers.

 

Of course, resin is a big probability, still don't know if the pin holes are popped bubbles, and this wood stopper isn't appropriate for a "precious" material
Nothing better than a good mystery to begin the year, and loving the subject, I had to take a bet
Thanks Miscstuff and AJ for your input

 

You never know, it could have been an interim solution to a pressing problem. But more likely a faux bottle with appropriate stopper.
Love to hear your follow up when it has arrived.

 

Ha! While googling for other examples...
I caught that:




Though it was described as "ANTIQUE CHINESE HAND CARVED BIRDS AND DEER DESIGN ON WOOD SNUFF BOTTLE" @Lecollectionneur will recognize a 1800's corozo "secouette" featuring the La Fontaine's tale of "la cigogne et le renard" aka the stork and the fox

2.40"H 2.4"W 0.45"D.

 

Also a snuff bottle, but European rather than Chinese. Very nice folk art, kyra.

Even if you don't know the fable (which we in the Low Countries also know), the screw stopper is a giveaway as to the Occidental origin. So are the cartouche and the urn-shape of the stopper.

 

Wondering if it might not be a seed pod of some kind.
But also wondering if it could be resin.

Will be interesting to see what it looks like once you've washed all the dust off.

 

It will be in my hand next week as I bought it on French Ebay, I'm thrilled too to wash, watch and post the update

 

Is all the white stuff dust or ??

Gee whiz, the seller couldn't just clean it up a bit with a soft toothbrush?

 

Wowsers + nice New Years present, @kyratango !

 

Update:
RESIN
Just arrived, I only brushed the dust and looking through my loupe...
Here are the clues for resin!
Tiny blobs in some places, which aren't carved nor part of the decor! anyway, cheap and pleasing, so I advised the seller with pics for the identification clues only for his information and won't ask for a discount or return
Thanks to all for commenting and... identifying the material

 

Sorry for the disappointment kyratango. Thank you for the update and photos.

 

Sad, but that was to be expected. At least it wasn't expensive, and it is nice in its own way.
We live and learn.

 

I took a bet... From seller's pics... I'd haven't from those I just posted

 

Sometimes you take a bet and find an absolute treasure, sometimes not. But without betting you would never find that treasure.