Porcelain snuffbox decorated with figures and flowers, China, second half of the 19th century Of quadrangular form, polychrome-enameled in blue-underglaze circled panels of a couple behind the wall of a pavilion watched over by a woman standing in front of the door on one side; on the reverse, a man seated at a table plays the qin in front of a young woman. On the short sides, lotus flowers and flowering branches. The opening plate is enameled in gilding. The foot is flat. Green jadeite stopper. Wooden base. H. 5.8 cm (tiny chip on the rim of the neck, small glass bead missing from the stopper)