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Primary Description:
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper. Opaque white and bright blue glasses, cork, bone; blown, cased, carved, applied (?), gilt. (a) Opaque white glass, bright blue overlay; circular body rising to neck with level rim surrounded by ring of blue overlay, roughly applied (?) blue oval base ring, blue line applique of modified free-flowing dragon. (b) New cork stopper, bone spoon, no disc, hemispherical gilt cap with chi dragon in relief.
Exhibitions (2)
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Show
Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03
Publications (6)
Chinese Glass snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015-03)
illustrated, p. 7;
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015)
illustrated, p. 7 (fig. 12);
BIB# 720305
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries (2010)
illustrated, p. 4;
BIB# AI82479