snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina

SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 5.6 cm, Th: 3 cm; Rim Diam: 1.8 cm

Accession Number81.6.16

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern
Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

粉套双色玻璃璧龙纹鼻烟壶

Physical Description(a) Opaque pink glass, overlays of opaque white and opaque light green. Circular shape rising to high straight neck with level rim, at bottom, a long oval white base ring on each face overlaid opaque white bi (p'i) disc; second overlay of green chi dragon. (b) New cork stopper, short bone spoon, colorless glass, disc, flattened green cap.
Provenance

Source Marian Swayze Mayer (d. 1982) - 1981-12-22