snuff bottle
Translation一如居士内畫玻璃鼻烟壺
Object NameSnuff Bottle
Maker(painting)
Jushi Yiru
Made FromGlass
Date1812
Place MadeChina, Beijing
TechniqueBlown, cased, inside-painted
SizeOverall H: 5.1 cm, Diam: 4.5 cm, Th: 2.5 cm
Accession Number51.6.340
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle (一如居士内畫玻璃鼻烟壺). Translucent colorless glass and red overlay; blown, cased, inside-painted. Flattened circular body tapering to a short cylindrical neck with rim; circular and elliptical red outlines surrounding four inscriptions interiorly painted in black; red, straight-walled oval base hollowed to the colorless glass.Provenance
Source
Nellie B. Hussey
- 1951
about 300-50 BCE
1600-1699
probably 1850-1900
200-399
1850-1910
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