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snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Translation雄黃色玻璃鼻煙壺

Made FromLead Glass, Ivory, Cork

Date1760-1850

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 6 cm, W: 4.1 cm

Accession Number82.6.103

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

雄黄色套红玻璃三羊开泰纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper (雄黃色玻璃鼻煙壺). Opaque orange, dark red, white, and coral-red lead glass in imitation of realgar, ivory, cork; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Flattened, ovoid form, with short cylindrical neck, the rim polished flat, the inside ground for a stopper and spoon; rounded shoulders and sides; oval, foot rim, recessed within; dark red overlay on opaque orange, cameo carved decoration of a bearded man, wearing robes, and holding a staff, with his hand outstretched to a ram standing at his side, a fruiting peach tree at the left; on the reverse, three rams reclining on the ground, looking at the sun, above, with scrolled stylized clouds at either side; a scrolled fungus lingzhi growth at the left. (b) Domed top of white glass with coral-red overlay, mounted on a thin circular cork shank, with tiny spatulate ivory spoon on a thin handle, attached at the center of the cork.
Provenance

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