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Title

Ivory snuff bottle with landscape

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1880-1930

Accession Number

1980/2.75

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 26.91810

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.63

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 26.84091

Secondary Keywords

bone

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Title

Ivory figure of scholar (snuff bottle?)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1920-1950

Accession Number

1980/2.85

Medium and Support

ivory with polychrome decoration

relevance

rank 26.39682

Secondary Keywords

bone

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Title

Rock crystal snuff bottle with Chinese text and deity on lotus blossum

Artist

Yeh Chungsan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1917

Accession Number

1980/2.148

Medium and Support

rock crystal, coral, ivory

relevance

rank 26.36474

Secondary Keywords

bone

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Title

Casket

Artist

Anonymous Siculo-Arabic (Central Italy, Southern Italy, or Sicily)?

Century

13th-14th century

Object Creation Date

13th century - 14th century

Accession Number

1969/2.35

Medium and Support

ivory, with later silver mounts; traces of decoration

relevance

rank 26.20438

Secondary Keywords

bone

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Title

Carved ivory ball with interlaced monkeys (okimono)

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900-1940

Accession Number

1980/2.157

Medium and Support

ivory with red glass stopper in silver collar

relevance

rank 26.00637

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1890-1930

Accession Number

1980/2.74

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 26.00637

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of seashell and fish

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.68

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 25.94946

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of a citron

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.70

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 25.87205

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Carved Elephant Tusk

Artist

Artist Unknown, Burma

Century

19th-early 20th century

Object Creation Date

19th century - early 20th century

Accession Number

2005/1.459

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 25.62979

Secondary Keywords

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Title

"Hôki" (Treasure Tortoise): Seto ware tea caddy, Taikai type, with ivory lid

Artist

Artist Unknown, Japan

Physical Description

This squat tea caddy has brown and black glaze, two small ornamental handles, and an ivory lid.

Century

17th century?

Object Creation Date

17th century

Accession Number

1955/1.151A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with brown and black glaze, ivory lid

relevance

rank 25.55304

Secondary Keywords

asia

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle in the shape of corn

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.72

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 25.55304

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ivory snuff spatula

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1850-1925

Accession Number

1980/2.158

Medium and Support

ivory and teakwood

relevance

rank 25.46224

Secondary Keywords

bone

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Title

Pear-shaped ivory snuff bottle with depiction of people

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1912-1949

Accession Number

1980/2.64

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 25.09352

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Knife, from a two-piece fish server

Artist

Hatton Works (Wilson and Davis)

Physical Description

Knife engraved with leaf pattern and ivory handle

Artist Life Dates

active 1870-1883

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1853-1854

Accession Number

1968/1.63

Medium and Support

silver with ivory handle

relevance

rank 24.52006

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Top Hat and Umbrella Inkwell, metal with cane, ivory handle

Artist

Artist Unknown

Physical Description

A metal inkwell in the shape of a black tophat. A pen shaped like a cane is included. The handle of the cane is ivory.

Object Creation Date

1875-1975

Accession Number

2010/1.272

Medium and Support

metal, ivory

relevance

rank 23.64849

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Ivory snuff bottle with ram heads and person

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1st half of 20th century

Accession Number

1980/2.65

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 23.45719

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Letter Opener

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1910

Accession Number

1984/2.55

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 23.41901

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Fork, from a two-piece fish server

Artist

Hatton Works (Wilson and Davis)

Physical Description

Five-tined engraved silver fork with ivory handle

Artist Life Dates

active 1870-1883

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1853-1854

Accession Number

1968/1.62

Medium and Support

silver with ivory handle

relevance

rank 23.38203

Secondary Keywords

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utensils for serving food

Title

Ivory snuff bottle

Artist

Artist Unknown, China

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1825-1900

Accession Number

1980/2.62

Medium and Support

ivory

relevance

rank 23.35843

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border

Artist

Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany

Physical Description

Fragment of circular gaming piece carved in elephant ivory in high relief. Standing male figure wearing knee-length robe holds sword in right hand and stabs inverted beast in the chest. Forelegs of beast end in hooves; head of beast characterized by large eye and pronounced nostril. Left arm of figure and rear half of the beast missing. Border contains zigzag pattern with bead motif.

Century

12th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1150

Accession Number

1987/1.262

Medium and Support

elephant ivory

relevance

rank 23.21476

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Hunter's Whistle

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Congo (Zaire)

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1950

Accession Number

1987/2.47

Medium and Support

carved ivory

relevance

rank 23.09999

Secondary Keywords

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Title

Seto ware tea caddy "Hitorine," named by Kobori Enshû (1579–1647)

Artist

Seto Shinbei

Physical Description

Small, brown, thinly potted container with ivory lid. It has a short neck and round shoulder; The dark glaze is randomly applied from shoulder to the middle of the body. The part at the bottom is unglazed. The bottom has no foot and unglazed. The lid is concaved from the rim toward the center knob.

Artist Life Dates

late 16th century - early 17th century

Century

17th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1600-1647

Accession Number

1954/1.532A&B

Medium and Support

stoneware with mottled brown glaze, ivory lid

relevance

rank 21.41354

Secondary Keywords

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