The bottle, from Kyoto, is in the form of a sage who is standing holding an open book, 9.5cm.
This snuff bottle is one of a very few Japanese and Korean examples included in a large collection of almost four hundred Chinese bottles bought by David, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905-1981) in the 1940s.
The collection was formed by Doctor Charles Martin, over a period of almost forty years, whilst working as a medical practioner in China.
