Categories: Chinese Snuff Bottles at Burghley | Chinese Works of Art | Exhibitions | Treasures From The East At Burghley |

An ivory snuff bottle, Chinese, 1850-1920.

The bottle is carved in the form of an elephant caparisoned in a tasselled blanket and standing on an oval base; the stopper as the head of a Chinaman, 5.8cm, including stopper.

REFERENCE: CSBO.19

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