New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

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Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Snuff Bottle and Stopper with Mock-Ring Handles and Lion-Ring Supports

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese | Qing Dynasty

Date1750-1800

MediumCarved rock crystal with tourmaline inclusions, cork, and ivory

Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (4.8 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Henry B. Caldwell

Object number75.76.5

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204

DescriptionSnuff bottle & stopper. BOTTLE: Small quartz snuff bottle. Standing on a short oval foot with a short wide tubular form neck. Flattened oval form is plain except for animal masks holding mock rings carved in low relief on the ends. Of pale bluish finely rutilated quartz. STOPPER: Matches.

Exhibition History"Clear as Crystal: Colorless Glass from the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, December 19, 2020 - July 11, 2021.Published ReferencesDiane C. Wright (editor), _Glass: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 62-3.