A FINE AND RARE CARVED AND INSCRIBED COCONUT-SHELL SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1880 Of thin, compressed ovoid form, carved on one side in low relief with a cicada, the reverse with an irregularly-shaped panel containing two characters in archaic bronze script, Tang Jin , above an inscription in regular script transcribing the two characters and identifying them as explaining that they are from an ancient bronze inscription, followed by the signature Youshan ke ('Carved by Youshan'), stopper 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high
A FINE AND RARE CARVED AND INSCRIBED COCONUT-SHELL SNUFF BOTTLE 1780-1880 Of thin, compressed ovoid form, carved on one side in low relief with a cicada, the reverse with an irregularly-shaped panel containing two characters in archaic bronze script, Tang Jin , above an inscription in regular script transcribing the two characters and identifying them as explaining that they are from an ancient bronze inscription, followed by the signature Youshan ke ('Carved by Youshan'), stopper 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) high
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