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Primary Description:
Snuff Bottle with Stopper. Lapis lazuli blue, opaque turquoise, and jade green non-lead glass, ivory, cork; blown, cased, cameo-carved. (a) Long, ovoid form, with short neck, tapering shoulders, slightly rounded sides; turquoise overlay on lapis lazuli blue, cameo-carved to yield a design of multi-petaled chrysanthemum flowers on leafy plants, with stylized rocks below; carved oval base ring, recessed within. (b) Domed cloudy jade green glass form with cylindrical sides; drilled underneath; attached to a cork shank and ivory spoon with long handle and oval bowl.
Exhibitions (1)

Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03
Publications (9)
La escultura en vidrio (2017)
illustrated, p. 142 (fig. 3.41, left);
The Corning Museum of Glass, A Guide to the Collections (2001) (2001)
illustrated, p. 98, left;
BIB# 68214
The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region (1993)
illustrated, p. 13, #21, left;
BIB# 35681