Images(4)

snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon

Made FromGlass, Ivory, Stone (?), Cork, Paint

Date1750-1850

Place MadeChina, Beijing

Techniqueblown, carved, polished

SizeOverall H: 6.2 cm, W: 4.9 cm

Accession Number82.6.33

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

亮玻璃光素鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper Spoon. Transparent pale amethyst glass; blown, carved. (a) Flattened nearly circular form, with short cylindrical neck, polished flat on top, with opening on to for a stopper and spoon; the sides rounded, the faces slightly convex; polished flat oval base, with incised Chinese characters "玩雅轩 Wan Ya Xuan " (Studio of Refined Amusement). (b) Small amethyst button on top, mounted on a black disk; tapered cork shank; long ivory spoon, with slender handle and painted spatulate bowl.
Provenance

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