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snuff bottle

Translation白套褐色玻璃人物鼻煙壺
Object NameSnuff Bottle with Stopper
Made FromGlass, Coral, Ivory
Date1800-1911
Place Madeprobably China, Yangzhou
TechniqueBlown, cased, cameo-carved
SizeOverall H: 7 cm
Accession Number57.6.7
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Interpretive Notes
白套褐色玻璃人物鼻烟壶
Physical DescriptionSnuff Bottle with Stopper (白套褐色玻璃人物鼻煙壺). (a) Opaque milk glass with mustard color overlay; blown, cased, cameo-carved. Flat body; almost straight walls with shoulder sloping to short cylindrical neck; cut design on one face, a seated Taoist figure holding a fly whisk, accompanied by a tiger (?), and a second figure seated on ground, some Chinese characters and a seal; on the other face a figure with a staff and pennant , a horse, grasses, a female figure and a new moon; (b) coral stopper-cap cut in three tiers; ivory dipping spoon.
Provenance
Source Mathias Komor - 1957-02-15
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