Two carnelian and amethyst snuffboxes, China, 19th century The flattened, baluster-shaped amethyst is carved with two bats on one side and rocks above a beige vein. The shoulder is decorated with a frieze of ruyi heads. Metal-rimmed pink glass stopper. H. 5.6 cm (chip on foot and ground-glass neck) Flattened oval orange carnelian with very slight relief decoration of two fish in seaweed. Coral and turquoise stopper. H. 4.3 cm