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A wood bottle

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« Reply #20 on: July 16, 2012, 10:26:54 pm »
Hi Steven,

Thank you for explaining the symbolism behind the scene of 4 ladies and 16 children. I will (at last!) be able to amend & expand my notes in connection with this bottle.

If this bottle is modern, as I suspect (I bought it in Hong Kong in 1997), I am surprised that I have not seen more examples on the market from this craftsman or workshop. Has anyone come across anything similar in wood? The exact same design  is on a porcelain bottle from the Harry Ross Collection illustrated in Hugh Moss's Chinese Snuff Bottles No.5, page 50:

Apologies for the poor quality in the scan.

Tom

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