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Man! Has anybody ever seen one of the Chinese birdcage marbles?
It almost reminds me of the glass used in some older Chinese paperweights (the sandy color base glass with bright primary color designs).
The opposite side of the marble from the pontil is a little flatter than the other parts of the marble. It is also largely the white base color with very few of the orange swirls reaching that side.