Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Stopper

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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Stopper
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
China, Beijing
Accession Number: 
81.6.8
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.9 cm, W: 6 cm, D: 3.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1736-1795
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Web Description: 
宝石红玻璃鼻烟壶

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Mayer, Marian Swayze (d. 1982), Source
1981-12-22
Color: 
red
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
glass
cork
ivory
silver
Inscription: 
Qianlong Nianzhi
inscription
: 
on bottom

Description

Primary Description: 
(a) Transparent ruby-red glass; blown, flattened circular form, on each face a medallion motif in low relief, on each side a modified animal mask and false ring handle, oval base ring. Mark incised on bottom, "Qianlong Nianzhi (Made in Qianlong [Ch'ien-lung] Era)". (b) New cork stopper wound with waxed paper to fit, ivory spoon; silver-filigree cap.

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. 6;
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form (2015) illustrated, p. 6 (fig. 7); BIB# 720305
European Glassmaking Techniques in China: Kilian Stumpf's Probable Influence over Liuli (2013-03) illustrated, p. 12;
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries (2010) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# AI82479
Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 99, #37; BIB# AI9252
Glass Snuff Bottles from China from the Mayer Collection (1980) #4; BIB# 30686