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Title: Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating
Post by: marcos on May 31, 2016, 03:08:49 pm
Dear All,

I would appreciate if you could share your thoughts regarding dating this snowflake obsidian bottle.

It measures 5 cms.

Thanks a lot,

Marcos

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Title: Re: Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating
Post by: Wattana on May 31, 2016, 08:12:56 pm
Hi Marcos,

An attractive material. Snowflake obsidian is one of the novelty stones which began appearing in the second half of the 20th century. Always difficult to judge bottles from a few photos, without actually handling the piece, but I'd say yours is one of the better ones from this period.

Tom


Title: Re: Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating
Post by: Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司 on June 01, 2016, 01:11:13 am
Hi Marcos,

    You really need to correct the size of the photos. I can't get the bottle on my screen, because of the large size.
Best,
Joey


Title: Re: Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating
Post by: marcos on June 01, 2016, 07:07:02 am
Dear Tom,

Thank you so much for your help.

Dear Joey,

Sorry about the oversized photos. I will reduce them in future posts.

Best Regards,

Marcos


Title: Re: Snowflake obsidian bottle - help with dating
Post by: Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司 on June 01, 2016, 03:04:49 pm
Dear Marcos,

  I appreciate it. I like to give my 'two cents' worth of opinion, but if I can't see the whole bottle, I've no way to give the least judgement.
Having said that, I usually agree with Tom L., Charll and George on hardstone bottles.
Best,
Joey