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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Top

Maker(engraving) Honglai Zhou

Made FromLead Glass, Gilt Metal

Date1880-1920

TechniqueBlown-molded, diamond-point engraved

SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, W: 4.5 cm

Accession Number82.6.100

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

白色涅玻璃松树诗文鼻烟壶

Place Made

possibly China; possibly Republic of China

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Top. Opaque white and blackened lead glass, gilt metal; blown-molded, diamond-point engraved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, with short, cylindrical neck, ground for a stopper and spoon; sloping shoulders, rounded sides; recessed oval base; one face decorated in blackened, engraved scene of a bearded man leaning on a gnarled pine tree, standing amidst rocks at the left, a fence and bushes in the right background; the reverse with lengthy blackened diamond-point inscription in Chinese, in sixteen vertical columns; the base with three sets of blackened, diamond point Chinese characters “臥月轩 Wo Yue Xuan”. (b) Domed, gilt metal button top, with tiny rounded finial, with engraved radial foliage in two layers, with tiny rings at the edge; rounded rim; tapered gilded-paper wrapped metal shank with a tiny gilt-metal spoon on a thin, wire-like handle projecting from the center.
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