snuff bottle
Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon
Translation白套紅玻璃花卉紋鼻煙壺
Maker
Imperial Workshops
(China)
Made FromGlass, Ivory, Stone, Cork
Date1736-1795
Place MadeChina, Beijing
TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved
SizeOverall H: 5.9 cm, Diam: 2.6 cm
Accession Number82.6.50
Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer
Exhibitions
Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Not On View
Interpretive NotesPhysical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon (白套紅玻璃花卉紋鼻煙壺). Opalescent white, translucent pink glass; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Tall, ovoid form, pink overlay on white; short, flared neck with carved rounded pink rim, the top polished flat, hole in the center for a stopper and spoon; the shoulders rounded, the sides rounded and tapered to a disk foot; the sides relief-carved with cameo flowers, butterfly, and bamboo in a landscape; the underside of the foot with incised mark in Chinese characters "乾隆年制 Qianlong nianzhi". (b) Domed pink stone button finial, mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank with long ivory spoon, with thin handle and spatulate oval bowl.
ProvenanceSource
Marian Swayze Mayer
(d. 1982) - 1981-12-22
