Topic: Very Pretty Chinese Glass opium bottles and 2 things i know!

[krsilber]

Looks like stone to me, probably onyx.  Whatever it is, it's pretty cool!  Must have been carved out of a single piece of multi-colored stone, I reckon, based on the cutting marks around the cat and the lack of a seam between dark and light parts.

[Andy]

Still got these Chinese bottles, i believe the one with the cat and Mouse is Agate,
which it seems can be quite collectable.
I think its carved out of one piece of Agate, which was selected for the change in colour from
grey to black. Pretty clever!
Andy

[Frank]

Is the red one similar to the other just posted. Perhaps add = Snuff not Opium to title

[flying free]

Frank thanks!  I never found this..I think I must have been using the wrong search words or something.
They are similar. The differences are my little bottle has a shorter neck and has 'handles' but the colour over a clearish glass seems very similar to me.
I've been searching but not found one the same yet.
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