snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper-Spoon

Maker Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, ivory

Date1736-1795

Place MadeChina, Beijing

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

Sizea) Bottle H: 5.2 cm, Diam: 2.55 cm

Accession Number51.6.297

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

白套蓝玻璃花蝶纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper-Spoon. (a) Opaque milk-white glass with blue overlay; blown, cased, cameo-carved. Ovoid body; short neck with rim, enclosed in thickened blue collar; cut design of rocks, flowering plants and a butterfly in blue overlay also carved on the upper surfaces; solid, flat blue base with incised four character “乾隆年制 Qianlong Nianzhi”reign mark. (b) Stopper-cap said to have been ivory colored, "bell-like with finial"; stopper and ivory dipping spoon remain.
Provenance

Source Nellie B. Hussey - 1951