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Huge Ivory Column Bottle - intricately carved

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« on: January 23, 2017, 08:32:32 am »
Cathy,

Thank you for posting the large ivory snuff bottle. I do keep a few ivory works of art among some of my
organic material-based bottles and other Chinese works of art.
It is unfortunate the stopper on your bottle is not original ( it looks like those fitted on tourist pieces we also
see in Singapore ).
I am posting a picture I snapped from the reference book, " Snuff Bottles from China " by Helen White, on
behalf of the Victoria and Albert Museum ( page 284 ). You will see the similar concept between your bottle and the one in the V&A museum.
The Museum piece is a polychrome one made in Canton China.

Regards,
Inn Bok
Singapore ( the island is busy awaiting the Chinese New Year celebrations this coming weekend )

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