snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Stone, Bone

Date1800-1840

Place MadeChina, probably Yangzhou

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo carved

SizeOverall H: 5.5 cm, W: 4.6 cm; Body Th: 2.3 cm

Accession Number57.6.5

Curatorial Area(s)

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

亮玻璃仙鹤松柏鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper. (a) Colorless glass, light-blue overlay; blown, cased and cameo carved. Flattened ovoid body, tapered upward to short neck flared slightly to a flat rim enclosed in blue band; body decorated with rocks, a willow tree, a water buffalo and a man with a hoe, his hat on ground; reverse with a pine tree, a deer on a rock, a flying crane and a bat on other face; blue, oval ring base; (b) white glass stopper-cape in imitation of jade; bone spoon.
Provenance

Source Mathias Komor - 1957-02-15