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snuff bottle

Translation蜜蠟色玻璃鼻煙壺

Object NameSnuff Bottle and Stopper

Made FromGlass, Stone, Ivory, Plastic, Cork

Date1700-1770

Place MadeChina, Beijing

TechniqueBlown, cold-worked

SizeOverall H: 8.6 cm, W: 2.5 cm

Accession Number82.6.37

Credit LineBequest of Marian Swayze Mayer

Curatorial Area(s)

Exhibitions

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

蜜蜡色玻璃鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle and Stopper. Opaque yellow non-lead glass; blown, cold-worked. (a) Tall, flattened ovoid form; short, cylindrical neck with flat rim and circular opening for a stopper; flat sides, one side with incised Chinese characters "玩雅轩 Wan Ya Xuan" (Studio of Refined Amusement), filled with a black material; flat base. (b) Domed amethyst cap, mounted on a thin black (plastic?) disk, cork stopper, slender ivory spoon with oval spatulate bowl. In Imitation of honey amber.
Provenance

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