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Two Malachite bottles

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« on: January 19, 2017, 05:25:32 pm »

Better than average pattern on the right bottle.. Really nice !

I am not sure I understand why the carver found it necessary to leave the bottom part of the bottle non hollowed because of it's size.

I will guess that it has a flat base, and agree with Charll's post 1970 dating.
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