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