MID 19TH CENTURY
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A CARVED CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
mid 19th century
Of slightly tapering bulbous shape, one side carved with two birds beside a flowering prunus tree before an incised bamboo grove, the centres of the blossoms well placed on white inclusions, the reverse with an extension of similarly carved blossoming prunus, the coral of a striated salmon-pink tone with small white inclusions, pink coral stopper carved with the face of a laughing boy
mid 19th century
Of slightly tapering bulbous shape, one side carved with two birds beside a flowering prunus tree before an incised bamboo grove, the centres of the blossoms well placed on white inclusions, the reverse with an extension of similarly carved blossoming prunus, the coral of a striated salmon-pink tone with small white inclusions, pink coral stopper carved with the face of a laughing boy