Good Chinese Qing Dynasty ruby red glass snuff bottle and stopper, Beijing Glassworks, c.1720-1840, of flattened baluster form, beautifully carved with prunus and bamboo branches and characters, with signature within leaf motif to each side, flanked by mask handles, on oval foot, with jadeite and ivory stopper, height 7 cm. Provenance: from private collection of a lady, Sydney, collecting beginning in 1965