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Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese (66)

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Bone and Horn Crane Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1990 item# 1129104
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 $58.00
A lot of hand work went into this very nice bone with inlaid horn snuff bottle. It is a crane with a carnelian top spoon. Nice design, good quality handwork. It is about 2" long. This quality of work is hard to come by in China today where the economy and pay to craftsmen has gone up, and quality has gone down on everything handmade. Good investment.

Masterful Mammoth Ivory Birds Pear Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 2000 item# 1129096 (stock# birdspear)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 SOLD thank you.
Compare the masterful carving on this mammoth ivory snuff bottle to what is now available, it stands far above the rest. It is from China, it is a top quality piece of mammoth ivory, not endangered and legal. It is 2 1/2" tall. Full refund is given if you can show that any of my items are not as listed genuine mammoth ivory and hand carving for example. This piece has wonderful details, the texture of the pear, the ornate spoon and the elegant style of the two birds with worm. A treasure.

Carved Milk Glass Li Dragons Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1990 item# 1105811 (stock# li22)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 Sold Thank you
Very attractive carved cameo milk glass snuff bottle. Li dragons and central luck medallion. Some day these young dragons will grow into the powerful ornate dragons of Chinese Myth, for now they are a beautiful design, great colors, blue on brown on white milk glass. Nice coral stopper. This bottle is 2 5/8" tall. A few decades old as the carving shows skill.

Cloisonne Openwork Floral Snuff Bottle Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1980 item# 1072706 (stock# clfloral)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 $80.00
Real glass fired onto copper snuff bottle. Background has been gilded with real gold. Colorful floral pattern. Original metal top with bone spoon. 3 3/4" tall a really attractive snuff bottle handmade in China.

Elegant snowflake Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Dragon Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1990 item# 1069364 (stock# dps)
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A very elegant snuff bottle. Traditional Dragon and Phoenix for the Emperor and Empress of China. This is a very well carved glass bottle, with outstanding design. This bottle is a few decades old, the quality is far above what is now being done. This is one reason that this bottle is a good investment, not old but superior quality. Snuff bottle prices are going up at an amazing rate. These beautiful treasures increase in value and give pleasure and are a smart addiction. This bottle has a tiger ...click for details

Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Cranes Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1990 item# 1069350 (stock# bcs)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 Sold Thank you.
This outstanding carved Peking glass snuff bottle has more than a few decades behind it. The carving is far superior to what now is done by younger unskilled carvers. The colors are wonderful, blue on pink on white snowflake Peking glass. The stopper is rose quartz, the spoon is brass. The height is 2 7/8" tall. The market on snuff bottles and other Chinese crafts has exploded. Prices have more than doubled in just a few months. I sell dozens of my bottles to new Chinese collectors who have ...click for details

Spinach Jade Lucky Talisman Pendant Dragon Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Pre 2000 item# 1048112 (stock# sjp)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 $140.00
A substantial piece of dark spinach jade. This talisman pendant is 2 1/2" tall, 1 5/8" wide and 3/8" thick. I was told the piece of jade it was carved from came from the floor tile of a temple in China that was being deconstructed. I do not know if this is true, the carving is not old but it is very skilled. You see a dragon and a rodent. It could be used as a pendant, but I think it was meant to be carried for luck, or just on display as a lovely object.It is dark, some photo ...click for details

Peking glass carved 5 color snuff bottle butterfly Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 2000 item# 1038259 (stock# bsb)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 Sold
There are still a few fine craftsmen left in China. It does take effort to find quality work today. This beautiful Peking glass snuff bottle has been carved by a highly skilled person. It is a white "snowflake" bottle, with 6 different surface colors that have been carved back to the core white color. This is an unusual number, most carved bottles do not reach six different surface colors. This makes it rare. The cap is millifiori glass and brass. A stunning work of art. It is 3" ...click for details

Fine Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Bats Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Snuff Bottles: Pre 1990 item# 1037043 (stock# bsb)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 sold
Bats are a powerful symbol of fortune and prosperity in the Chinese culture. This very fine hand carved peking glass snuff bottle has many of them in different colors. The snowflake Peking glass bottle is formed and dipped in a multicolor swirl. The outer layer is then cut back to reveal the white snowflake glass base. This takes great skill and this bottle is outstanding. It is 3" tall with a coral and brass spoon.

Beatuiful Fruitwood handcarved miniature Horse Catalogue: Popular Collectibles: Cultural: Chinese: Pre 2000 item# 1033860 (stock# horse)
click for details		Terrill C. Smith 510-531-6812 $78.00
Only a highly skilled carver can handcarve a horse from a solid block of very hard fruitwood. The photos show the outstanding carving in this miniature, 2" wide, 2" high carving. It was handpicked from hundreds of Carvings done in China over a decade ago. Skilled carvers are vanishing as young people will not work for low pay in China today. This carving is a good investment as they are no longer being produced. Inset glass eyes and signed by carver.

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