The snuff bottle pictured left has a polychrome overlay in the shape of a Chi-lin (auspicious creature in Chinese legend) exhaling a book. The body of the bottle, 2 inches high and l.5 inches wide, is translucent crimson overlaid with white and green glass.
左圖是一隻五彩套料麒麟吐書鼻煙壺，壺呈扁圓形，高五．六公分，寬三．八公分，厚二．一公分，通體透明紫紅色，套上綠、白二色，一面雕麒麟吐書，襯以山石；一面雕鯉魚噓璧，襯以波濤。