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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5349648, member: 2844&quot;]As komo said, it is a recent bottle. Qualitywise no issues, but no masterpiece either. A pretty bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>A masterpiece doesn&#039;t have to be old, btw. Inside painted snuff bottles are a relatively recent development, and the true masterpieces are to be found in 20th and 21st century bottles. Late 19th century inside painted snuff bottles are beautiful, but they don&#039;t have the very high artistic quality of some new ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside painted bottles are mostly part of the Chinese gift and presentation culture, they are meant to &#039;shine&#039; rather than be used.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t go wrong with $1.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The text is often something like &quot;Asters and Bamboo&quot;, rather than a signature. Even if signed, in this case it wouldn&#039;t add value to the bottle.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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