Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
China, Beijing
Accession Number: 
81.6.13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.5 cm, W: 3.9 cm, Th: 2.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1736-1795
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Web Description: 
白套蓝龙纹玻璃鼻烟壶

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Mayer, Marian Swayze (d. 1982), Source
1981-12-22
Color: 
white
blue
gold
Technique: 
applied
glassblowing
cased glass
carving
Material: 
glass
cork
bone
gold

Description

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)

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
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
Confluente Est-Vest in Arta Sti'clei (2011-05) illustrated, p. 10,left; BIB# AI97782
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries (2010) illustrated, p. 4; BIB# AI82479
Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 99, #37; BIB# AI9252
Glass Snuff Bottles from China from the Mayer Collection (1980) #9; BIB# 30686