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    Posted 8 years ago

    cshapiro
    (177 items)

    Made in Kyoto, Japan, these are novelty snuff bottles carved from ivory and then polychromed (meaning painted in many colors).

    They came in different varieties, some as individual emperor and empress, some were riding on a horse or elephant, and some joined together like these.

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