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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValerieK, post: 9796241, member: 7360&quot;][ATTACH=full]485866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485868[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]485870[/ATTACH] This snuff bottle came in the same lot as the little celadon bottle I posted a while ago, and is the reason I bought the lot, I just fell for it.&nbsp; I wondered if I could learn any more about it, like whether it is a very recent tourist piece or maybe vintage, and whether it has any collectable value.&nbsp; I really admire all the work which has gone into it, and have no intention of selling it.&nbsp; I&#039;ve found a similar one in an old post, where the poster said it showed a traditional design showing the &quot;Riverside Scene at QingMing Festival&quot;.&nbsp; Mine is very large but much less finely painted than that one, and has no signature.&nbsp; The bottle is heavy, about 4 inches wide and 4 inches high, 1.3 inches deep.&nbsp; The stopper is very loose, the stone (onyx?) may be original but the cork has fallen inside the bottle and I think has been replaced with one too small, and rather bizarrely the wand with the spoon has been pushed into the cork the wrong way round, so whoever tried to repair it had no idea what the bottle was for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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