Chinese Teardrop-Form Perfume Bottle with Male Figure

Clear, teardrop flask with a little figure clinging to its side.

This teardrop-form rock crystal perfume bottle with a male figure is from Hebei Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is carved rock crystal. Rock crystal is clear quartz, and Chinese carvers have worked it into small bottles and ornaments for centuries, often using its transparency to show off the form. Pear-shaped bottle in clear, frosty stone with a small carved figure hugging one side from shoulder to base. The neck is capped with a flat black stopper over a small cork collar. The surface is smooth with cloudy veils inside. It is 1.5 inches wide, 1.25 deep and 2.5 high.

A bottle with a passenger and no plans to share.