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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Translation粉紅套藍玻璃花鳥紋鼻煙壺

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Cork

Date1850-1900

Place Madeprobably China, Yangzhou

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 6.9 cm, W: 3.2 cm, Th: 1.4 cm; Rim Diam: 1.5 cm; Mouth Diam: 0.5 cm

Accession Number82.6.49

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

粉套蓝玻璃花鸟纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (粉紅套藍玻璃花鳥紋鼻煙壺). Opaque pink, bluish-purple glass, amethyst stone, ivory, cork; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, rectangular form, with rounded shoulders and sides; bluish-purple overlay on pink; flat, disk-shaped rim, with blue edge; small hole in the center for a stopper; short, waisted neck; the sides with finely cameo-carved growing bushes, with birds perched in the branches, flying, and a stork (?) standing at the base of one; oval "seal" Ji yang on the side; carved oval blue foot rim. (b) Domed amethyst (?) stone cap; tapered cork stopper; slender ivory spoon with pointed spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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