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snuff bottle

human history
  • Description

    snuff bottle

    flattened round snuff bottle, glazed white porcelain, with polychrome detailing; wucai five colour famille verte decoration; design of god of thunder and lightening standing on a flowering tree on face, with constolation in background; design of the sea king on reverse, dressed in an orange robe with hat, holding a branch, and riding on the head of a bearded, dragon-like sea creature through the ocean; pink glass dome stopper, mounted on a worn gilt collar; cork and steel spoon attached to underside of stopper.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1934.317
  • Other Id

    36437 (ethnology)

    36437.2 (ethnology)

    M239A (miscellaneous)

  • Department
snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36437, 36437.2, M239A, Photographed… … Read more

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