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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 494218, member: 2844&quot;]The bottles are Mongolian snuff bottles. Mongolian and Tibetan art styles are related, which is why they look a bit Tibetan. But Mongolia has a real snuff culture, Tibet doesn&#039;t.</p><p>I love this style, it is more earthy than Chinese. Some are all metal, mounted with turquoise and coral, or enamelled.</p><p>The metal is either silver or silvertone base metal, the stones are either real turquoise and coral, or glass.</p><p>Judging from the colour difference in the turquoise, these could be real turquoise.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t say anything about the age, do you have more photos?</p><p>I don&#039;t know about tourist souvenirs, these are generally collector&#039;s items, for local and international collectors.</p><p>I&#039;m sure the antique shops of Ulaan Baatar sell them as well, and of course they welcome tourists. But I think Mongolian souvenir shops generally sell different items.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stands are traditional Chinese stands. Snuff bottles often come with these or similar stands. Asians buy them locally, not from Amazon.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are different Mongolian snuff bottle styles:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]163089[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/562/1356-a-set-of-seven-mongolian-snuff-bottles-with-covers-late-qing-dynasty-and-early-20th-century" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/562/1356-a-set-of-seven-mongolian-snuff-bottles-with-covers-late-qing-dynasty-and-early-20th-century" rel="nofollow">https://www.bukowskis.com/en/auctions/562/1356-a-set-of-seven-mongolian-snuff-bottles-with-covers-late-qing-dynasty-and-early-20th-century</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Some info on Mongolian snuff culture:</p><p><a href="https://snuffhouse.com/discussion/6066/mongolian-snuff-culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://snuffhouse.com/discussion/6066/mongolian-snuff-culture" rel="nofollow">https://snuffhouse.com/discussion/6066/mongolian-snuff-culture</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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