AN AGATE DOUBLE-GOURD SNUFF BOTTLE, QING China, 1644-1912. The partly translucent stone of an ochre to chocolate brown color, carved in the form of a double gourd with openwork carving of smaller gourd leaves and vines. With a carnelian stopper. Condition: Wear, chipping, and losses. Provenance: Austrian private collection. Weight: 46.1 g. Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 6 mm.