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From Heidi on twitter

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https://daytonart.emuseum.com/objects/4869/snuff-bottle-with-stopper

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/1kvvn3q/snuff_bottle_shaped_like_corn_carved_out_of/

From the comments:

Maize was introduce to China in the middle of the 16th Century and spread pretty rapidly through the region. It appears to have been a major driver of the rapid population increase in the 1700s.

Alternatively from https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/yakushi/125/7/125_7_583/_pdf

A certain Chinese herbal book presented to the emperor in 1505 shows a drawing of maize under the caption of Yiyi-ren (Job's Tears). Also, a Chinese poem written around 1368 contains a term yumi, which indicates maize. These new findings offer clear evidence that maize existed in China in the pre-Columbian era, or before 1492.

Left to right:

• Contemporary Palestinian vase from Ramallah

• 1960s East German vase

• wooden Soviet vase, 1950s-70s maybe

• 1910s Austro-Hungarian art nouveau vase

• 1970 Soviet vase in honour of Lenin's 100th birthday

Only the Lenin one cost more than $30. I'm aiming for antique pieces from countries that have been significant to the left or modernist movements.

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https://bsky.app/profile/peripateticmeg.bsky.social/post/3lpuu77fnzc2c

Another photo at the link

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