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

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