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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Translation亮紅玻璃光素葫蘆式鼻煙壺

Makerpossibly Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Jadeite, Ivory

Date1700-1800

Place MadeChina, possibly Beijing

Techniqueblown-molded, polished, drilled

SizeOverall H: 7.3 cm, W: 3.9 cm

Accession Number82.6.14

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

On ViewChanging Exhibition Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮红玻璃光素葫芦式鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (亮紅玻璃光素葫蘆式鼻煙壺). Transparent ruby-red glass; blown-molded, polished. Flattened, double-gourd form, with flared rim, polished flat on top and with a circular opening for a stopper; short baluster section above a disk-shaped lower body; polished concave oval base. (b) Domed circular mottled light green jadeite button cap, showing two drilled grooves at right angles on the underside; wrapped tape stopper shank; stained brown slender spoon with pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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