Possibly Yangzhou, seal Shengchun, 19th century Exquisitely carved with two cranes in flights by the moon incised with the seal 生春 Shengchun, which may be translated as 'The coming of spring', the reverse similarly decorated with two cranes in flight above long grass, flanked by a pair of trefoil handles, glass stopper, 5.7cm (2 1/4in) high; and an olive-brown overlay snuff bottle, possibly Yangzhou, Li Junting School, 19th century, carved on one side with tree-shrews clambering a grapevine, the reverse with two birds beside a vase with a blossoming spray above an ear of grain, hardstone stopper, 6.6cm (2 9/16in) high (4).