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Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper
Translation玻璃佛手鼻煙壺
Made FromGlass, Cork, Wood, Gilding, Coral
Date1770-1860
Place MadeChina
TechniqueBlown, tool-worked
SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 4.2 cm, Th: 3.3 cm; Mouth Diam: 0.5 cm
Accession Number81.6.38
Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
On ViewEuropean Gallery
Interpretive Notes
玻璃佛手鼻烟壶
Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (玻璃佛手鼻煙壺). Opaque olive green, pink, yellow, and white glass, cork, wood, gilding, coral; blown, tool-worked. (a) Opaque olive green glass speckled with pink and yellow, overlay in green and white; blown into a basic form and tool-shaped with exterior surface in form of the finger citron (so called 佛手瓜 Buddha hand) over application of stem and leaves in dark green with four petaled opaque white blossom with orange colored center, mouth opening flat, hollow at base within the "finger" tips. (b) New cork stopper, wood spoon, gilt tooled disc, coral stem as cap.
Provenance
Source Marian Swayze Mayer (d. 1982) - 1981-12-22
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