19TH CENTURY
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Two Chinese hornbill snuffbottles and stoppers, an ivory snuffbottle and stopper and a hornbill netsuke
19th Century
Comprising a hornbill snuffbottle carved to one side with a dignitary being carried up a hill, the other side carved with workmen and an ox, with mask handles in red; a hornbill snuffbottle carved to both sides with birds; an ivory snuffbottle carved with panels of ladies; and a hornbill netsuke depicting a frog on a leaf, with ojime (4)
19th Century
Comprising a hornbill snuffbottle carved to one side with a dignitary being carried up a hill, the other side carved with workmen and an ox, with mask handles in red; a hornbill snuffbottle carved to both sides with birds; an ivory snuffbottle carved with panels of ladies; and a hornbill netsuke depicting a frog on a leaf, with ojime (4)
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