Brown-gray agate snuff bottle with green stopper, carved rocky outcrop and incised inscription against a pale background.

Agate Snuff Bottle with Scholar and Assistant on Rocky Promontory

A small agate snuff bottle with a flattened, rounded body and a green stone stopper. Carved relief and russet inclusions form a rocky outcrop, with faint carved figures and a column of incised characters on the translucent brown-gray stone.

Artist: Unknown
Date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750–1800
Medium: Suzhou agate with carved decoration
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2095 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1911).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

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