snuff bottle

Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper

Made FromGlass, Ivory

Date1800-1911

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved

SizeOverall H: 7.1 cm, W: 4 cm; Body Th: 2.8 cm

Accession Number57.6.3

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern
Modern

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

霏雪地套红玻璃龙纹鼻烟壶

Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper. (a) Translucent thick and cloudy colorless "snowflake" glass with thick layer of translucent dark red overlay; blown, cased and cameo-carved. Slightly flat form with shoulder sloping upward to short cylindrical neck with ground rim; cut design of dragons in high relief; oval ring base in red overlay; (b) opaque orange-pink stopper-cap (coral?); ivory dipping-spoon.
Provenance

Source Mathias Komor - 1957-02-15

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