A CHINESE COPPER SNUFF BOTTLE

FOUR CHARACTER TONGZHI SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1862-74

With a pear-shaped body, cast with roundels to each side with a scholar in a landscape within a key fret border, a mother of pearl inset to the original stopper, all raised on an oval foot, 5.6cm.

Cf. Sotheby's New York, 17th September 2016, lot 1054 for a comparable bottle.