A Milky White Snuff Bottle w/Colored Streaks
February 2013 Auction by Far East Asian Art

This bottle is a bit of a puzzle to us - we were of the opinion originally that it is made of glass with the yellow and orange streaks added to the milky white glass body. However, in looking at the bottle through a strong light we find the kind of graininess and shadowy areas that are much more characteristic of agate bottles. Moreover, the dimpled oval foot shows the signs of tooling as opposed to molding that we would associate with agate compared to a glass bottle...