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snuff bottle

Translation墨綠色涅玻璃光素鼻煙壺

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Cork

Date1700-1770

Place MadeChina, Beijing

Techniqueblown, cut

SizeOverall H: 6.8 cm, W: 2.8 cm

Accession Number82.6.99

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

墨绿色涅玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper (墨綠色涅玻璃光素鼻煙壺). Translucent dark green glass, ivory, cork; blown, cut. (a) Tall, flattened ovoid form; short, cylindrical neck with flat rim and ground circular opening for a stopper; cut flat sides; one side with incised Chinese characters, 玩雅轩 Wan Ya Xuan ", in two vertical rows, filled with a white material; polished flat base, inscribed in ink "2338". (b) Domed orange and white cap; tapered cork stopper; dark brown stained ivory slender spoon, with pointed oval spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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