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snuff bottle

snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper-Cap
Made FromGlass
Date1736-1850
Place MadeChina
Techniqueblown, cased, cameo-carved
SizeOverall H: 7.1 cm, Diam: 5.5 cm; Th: 2.5 cm
Accession Number51.6.295
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Not On View
Interpretive Notes
白套绿玻璃花卉纹鼻烟壶
Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper-Cap. (a) Translucent white glass with green overlay; blown, cased, cameo-carved. Flattened circular body tapering to a cylindrical neck with rim; cut in the green overlay, a blossoming lotus plant rising from waves on one face, and on the other a crab, flanked by water reeds; green oval ring base. (b) Hemispherical mottled pink stopper-cap set on a green base.
Provenance
Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951