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Asian Antiques4697 of 10506Hardstone Gourd Snuff BottleNeed Help IDing this Antique Asian lamp with heavy cast base
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    Posted 8 years ago

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    cshapiro
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    I would really like to know what kind of stone this bottle is made from. It appears to be some kind of conglomerate.

    It has a specific gravity of 2.7 and has a concave base. It measures 6cm tall. The inside still has residue from a reddish colored snuff.

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    1. racer4four racer4four, 8 years ago
      Gorgeous material. Do you think it's a natural stone or a made stone?
    2. cshapiro cshapiro, 8 years ago
      racer4four - definitely natural stone - looking at it under magnification I can see the crystalline structure of the darker material - the colored stones in the conglomerate have not degraded like the darker stone and so it gives it a scaly texture

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