A CHINESE CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH CENTURY Carved with lilies

A CHINESE CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE 18TH CENTURY Carved with lilies, hyacinths and bell flowers in shallow relief, with an inlaid Japanese ivory stopper with Shibayama-style insects and an ivory base with a signature, 6.1cm. Provenance: from the collection of Professor J Norman Collie, FRS (1859-1942) and thence by descent.