snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork

Date1900

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, carved, diamond-point engraved

SizeOverall H: 7.4 cm, W: 5.1 cm

Accession Number82.6.76

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

亮绿玻璃刻花兽耳衔环鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent dark green, pink glass; blown, carved, diamond-point engraved. (a) Flattened ovoid form, with short neck, the rim polished flat, with an opening in the top for a stopper and spoon; the shoulders and sides rounded, the faces slightly rounded; carved mask handles on the sides; the faces with diamond-engraved decorations of fantastic rocks, the inscriptions in Chinese characters “Gengzi Qiu (1900 autumn) and the signature Zifei; carved oval foot rim, with relief-carved two-character seal within. (b) Domed, pink button on top, with a tiny green button at the top; mounted on a white disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with thin handle and oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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