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A FOSSILIFEROUS LIMESTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1860
The bottle is thick-walled and of somewhat flattened, rounded shape. The finely polished stone is of buff color suffused with a dense pattern of fine black and some pale blue and pale russet inclusions.
2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4955.

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