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Object Name:

Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Place Made:

China, probably Beijing

Accession Number:

81.6.27

Dimensions:

Overall H: 1.2 cm, W: 5.6 cm, Th: 2 cm; Rim Diam: 1.8 cm

Location:

Not on Display

Date:

1770-1850

Credit Line:

Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer

Web Description:

仿白玉玻璃花鸟纹鼻烟壶

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Department:

Early Modern; Modern

Provenance:

Mayer, Marian Swayze (d. 1982), Source

1981-12-22

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Description

Primary Description:

Snuff Bottle with Stopper. Opaque white glass, bluish-green turquoise, cork, ivory, rose quartz; blown and cameo carved. (a) Opaque white glass in imitation of jade; flat circular form, plain straight neck, oval base ring suggesting molding, overall cameo carved relief of pine trees, flowers, and phoenixes. (b) Non-fitting new cork stopper, ivory spoon, no disc, hemispherical cap of opaque bluish-green turquoise, possibly half of a bead with rose quartz finial concealing the bore.

Exhibitions (1)

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass

Venue(s)

Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 99, #37; BIB# AI9252

Glass Snuff Bottles from China from the Mayer Collection (1980) #23; BIB# 30686