Snuff Bottle in the Form of a Baluster Vase with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape

Artist Unknown

CultureChinese

Date18th century

MediumPorcelain | Mother-of-pearl

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

InscribedNone.

Credit LineThe Eugene L. Garbaty Memorial Collection

Object number69.47.8

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DescriptionSnuff bottle vase with wide shoulders tapering to foot. Tall narrow neck with everted lip. Body has a design of a pavilion in the mountains with fishermen outside. Neck depicts the sky with sun and in flight birds. Vase glued to carved wooden stand. Mother-of-pearl stopper cap carved with "shou" character in low relief. Spoon very delicate & orange colored (ivory?).