snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

Manufacturer Peking Imperial Workshop

Manufacturer Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Cork, Bone, Gilding

Date1736-1795

Place MadeChina, Beijing

TechniqueBlown, cased, carved, applied (?)

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, W: 3.9 cm, Th: 2.2 cm

Accession Number81.6.13

Credit LineGift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

白套蓝龙纹玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Cork Stopper. Opaque white and bright blue glasses, cork, bone; blown, cased, carved, applied (?), gilt. (a) Opaque white glass, bright blue overlay; circular body rising to neck with level rim surrounded by ring of blue overlay, roughly applied (?) blue oval base ring, blue line applique of modified free-flowing dragon. (b) New cork stopper, bone spoon, no disc, hemispherical gilt cap with chi dragon in relief.
Provenance

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