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Snuff Bottle, n.d.
Bone
2 5/16 in. x 1 9/16 in. (5.87 cm x 3.97 cm)

Creation Place: Asia, Chinese
Technique: Carving
Credit Line: Gift of Clinton N. Laird
Accession Number: P61.8.282

Commentary
Flattened, rectangular bottle made of fish bone; orange-yellow in color due to age. Engraved, all black lines. Obverse: a tree, leaves, and a face visible in the upper center. Reverse: a man running to the left, in the background, a city wall with three flags.

Provenance
Acquired 8/6/38 from Yuet Koo Chai- 18 Upper Lascar Row, Hong Kong

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City Walls, Ivory and Bone Bottles, Ivory and Bone Carving, Male Figures, Smoking and Tobacco Use, Snuff, Snuff Bottles

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