Snuff bottle of flattened circular form with straight neck and slightly recessed base. Made of porcelain, painted with overglaze enamel and gilt. The exterior is decorated on one side with a roundel depicting a male figure sitting on a mat in an interior setting and a boy standing by a square stool, encircled by a Chinese poem. The other side is inscribed with Chinese inscriptions within a roundel and surrounded a poem. Two characters reading 'Guangxu' are written in seal script with overglaze red enamel on base.
