Liu Qiao Inside Painted Snuff Bottle

It is surprisingly difficult to photograph inside painted bottles. So unfortunately my photography doesn't do this bottle justice.

The painting is by an artist called Liu Qiao, he was a student of Yong Shoutian, and I believe he also painted a lot of battle scenes on mother bottles that he attributed to Yong Shoutian, but that is a different story that I will post with another bottle.

This one is also what you would call a "mother" bottle. It's 8.6cm tall which is rather large for a snuff bottle.

It has a typical theme for this artist, which is people (mainly women) in very colorful scenes.

I really like this painting, and think the stopper adds a lot to it as well. It appears to be a red gemstone of some kind with a spinach green jade collar.