snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Plastic

Dateabout 1960-1980

Place MadeChina

TechniqueMold-blown, cold-worked, inside-painted

SizeOverall H: 10.1 cm

Accession Number88.6.33

Credit LineGift from Estate of Zachary Taylor

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮黄玻璃内画山水纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Transparent light amber, opaque light blue glasses, plastic (probably); mold blown, cold-worked, inside-painted. (a) Tall, four-sided form, with flat faces, cut grooves running along the corners, and cut arches above the faces; short, straight neck with polished, flat rim; the opening ground; rounded shoulders; square base, with recessed center; the interior painted in watery black paint, with two landscape scenes, and two flowering branches; (b) domed form, cold-worked (or molded) with stylized petals; the bottom flat, with central hole for an ivory spoon (broken and missing; only the stub remains, with some tan cement).
Provenance

Source Estate of Zachary Taylor - 1988-02-08