A JAPANESE IVORY BOTTLE

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A JAPANESE IVORY BOTTLE
19TH CENTURY

Modeled as a lady atop a caparisoned elephant, riding side-saddle and holding a fan in her hand, her head forming the stopper

Lot Essay

For a similar ivory bottle depicting a lady seated atop an elephant see Lilla S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Adventures and Studies of a Collector, p. 114, no. 99. For another with a lady seated astride a horse see Bob C. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, p. 206, no. 788