O31 A natural horn snuff bottle of classical form

Description

Description:  Chinese snuff bottle carved out from a natural black horn, with squared shape and raised panels on the sides.

Foot/base:  Convex base and rounded foot.

Mark:

Dating: 19^th century, judging by the shape and age of the horn.

Material:  Natural black horn of not identified animal

Size:  61 mm high

Stopper:  Green jade stopper and bone spoon.

Provenance: see Provenance of the ceramic snuff bottle C49

References:

Notes:  Horn snuff bottles are usually elaborately carved or encased in metal fittings. At the date, this is the only one that we have seen with the square, classical form that is typically seen on stone bottles.