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Carved Elephant Tusk
19th century - early 20th century
Burmese; Thai
ivory
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Oliphant
circa 1860
Mangbetu
ivory
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Ivory snuff spatula
circa 1850-1925
Chinese
ivory and teakwood
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Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)
circa 1900-1940
Japanese
ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar
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Glass snuff bottle
circa 1790-1880
Chinese
glass, carnelian, ivory
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Rock crystal snuff bottle with Chinese text and deity on lotus blossum
1917
Yeh Chungsan
rock crystal, coral, ivory
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Quartz snuff bottle
circa 1780-1880
Chinese
quartz, stone and ivory
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Bloodstone snuff bottle
circa 1850-1920
Chinese
bloodstone, glass, ivory
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Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape
circa 1825-1880
Chinese
porcelain with blue underglaze painting; amethyst and ivory stopper
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Snuff bottle with painted design of Zhong Gui, the Demon Queller
circa 1900-1940
Chinese
porcelain with overglaze copper painting; stopper of ivory or horn
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Root amber snuff bottle
circa 1800-1880
Chinese
root amber with coral bead stopper in green tinted ivory collar
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Mongolian snuff bottle
circa 1st half of 20th century
Chinese
ivory, silver, copper, turquoise
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Ivory figure of scholar (snuff bottle?)
circa 1920-1950
Japanese
ivory with polychrome decoration
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Mongolian ivory snuff bottle
circa 1880-1930
Chinese
ivory with silver filagree, inset with coral and malachite stones
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Ivory snuff bottle with painted image of a Chinese beauty
circa 1920-1950
Chinese
red and black paint on ivory
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