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snuff bottle

Translation松石色玻璃光素鼻煙壺

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Maker Imperial Workshops (China)

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork, Gilding

Date1736-1795

Place MadeChina, Beijing

Techniqueblown, cold-worked, gilt

SizeOverall H: 5.8 cm, W: 3.9 cm

Accession Number82.6.38

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

松石色玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon (松石色玻璃光素鼻煙壺). Opaque turquoise blue glass; blown, cold-worked. (a) Ovoid form; short, flared neck, with polished flat rim, and opening on top for a stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders and sides, slightly bulbous faces; cold-worked oval foot rim; incised Chinese characters within the foot rim "乾隆年制 Qianlong nianzhi". (b) Domed button cap, gilt, with raised stylized flowers; flared rim; tapered cork shank; orange stained ivory spoon, with slender handle and pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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