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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

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

白套红玻璃花卉纹鼻烟壶

Physical 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.
Provenance

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