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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.
Samson Carver, Pricked-Ivories Workshop, Cologne, Germany
Fragment of a gaming piece with male slaying beast, possibly Hercules and the Erymanthian boar, zigzag pattern with incised circles in border
1145 – 1155
Anonymous Gift
1987/1.262
Knife engraved with leaf pattern and ivory handle
Hatton Works (Wilson and Davis)
Knife, from a two-piece fish server
1853 – 1854
Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Thomas M. Spaulding
1968/1.63

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ivory snuff bottle
1912 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.76
An ivory snuff bottle shaped like a flask. Carved in high relief are people sitting on chairs around tables with trees in the background. On the top of the flask is a stopper. The snuff bottle sitting on an incised wooden snuff bottle.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ivory snuff bottle
1825 – 1900
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.63
A pear-shaped ivory snuff bottle with a depiction of people and nature. The stopper is the stem of the pear.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Pear-shaped ivory snuff bottle with depiction of people
1912 – 1949
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.64
A round porcelain vase-shaped snuff bottle with blue underglaze. Painted on the snuff bottle is a design of a Manchu bannermen on horses in a landscape.  
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with painted design of Manchu bannermen in a landscape
1825 – 1880
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.120
Rock crystal snuff bottle with Chinese text and deity on lotus blossom. On the top is an ivory collar and coral stopper.
Yeh Chungsan
Rock crystal snuff bottle with Chinese text and deity on lotus blossum
1917
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.148
Snuff bottle with red peony design with forest and lime green leaves on black ground. It has a brass collar and a coral tinted ivory stopper.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Snuff bottle with red peony design on black ground
1890 – 1930
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.103

Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (Congolese (Democratic Republic of Congo culture))
Hunter's Whistle
1945 – 1955
Gift of the Friends of the Museum of Art and Dorothy H. Lamming
1987/2.47
A bloodstone snuff bottle with (taotie masks?) on the side. On the top is a rose colored glass stopper on a green tinted ivory collar.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bloodstone snuff bottle
1850 – 1920
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.135
An ivory snuff bottle with design of green and yellow peonies and mandarin ducks. On the top of the snuff bottle is a mouthpiece with a blue stopper. The snuff bottle is sitting on a decorated wooden stand.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ivory snuff bottle with design of peonies and mandarin ducks
1875 – 1925
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.77

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Mongolian ivory snuff bottle
1880 – 1930
Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
1980/2.83
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