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
Not on view
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?).
19th century
ca. 1900
ca. 1890
