Vintage Black Sea Sediment Jasper Snuff BottleThis beautiful and mysterious stone snuff bottle may not be a black jasper or is it a snowflake obsidian? My stone identifier keeps giving me different identifications. Nevertheless, it is a bottle of significant size and appearance. The flattened rectangular body that slightly tapers to a raised oval foot has the most intriguing purple streaks that are fused to the black stone. The sloping rounded shoulders extends upwards towards a straight round

there was a resurgence of Chinese art

Dating: Chinese Republican Period

good sign of age

popularized during 18 Century

there are tiny scratches on the red stopper

It is made after 1970 and is not well hollowed out

By that time

and nameless orange fruits in the fore and backgrounds

it is an auspicious symbol for good luck

It is matched with a lapis lazuli cap encased in brass with a brass spoon

It is such a beautiful for a cricket

It has a newer stopper - a tiger eye cap encased in brass with a brass spoon