Featured Chinese Reverse Painted Snuff Bottle - Age and Material?

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  1. eastcoastcurious

    eastcoastcurious Well-Known Member

    Hello, could you please help me estimate the age of this item? Also, what material is on the stopper/spoon? Thanks! IMG_6844.jpg IMG_6843.jpg IMG_6837.jpg IMG_6836.jpg
     
    eastcoastcurious, Sep 14, 2022
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    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is a beauty, and unusual, with those sideways insects, lovely.
    The spoon is bone, very nicely carved, the stopper stone looks like jasper.
    I find these inside painted bottles very difficult to date, but I suspect this is an oldie.
    Chinese inside painting started in the late 19th century, as a novelty thing, so it can't be older than that. Maybe early 20th?
     
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    Any Jewelry, Sep 14, 2022
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  3. eastcoastcurious

    eastcoastcurious Well-Known Member

    THanks!
     
    eastcoastcurious, Sep 14, 2022
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    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Our bug lady and Asian art aficionada @kyratango will love it too.:)
     
    Any Jewelry, Sep 14, 2022
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  5. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Absolutely!:kiss:
    I agree with all you said about it:)
     
    kyratango, Sep 15, 2022
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