Snuff bottle
Artist
Unknown
CultureChinese
Date18th century
MediumPorcelain
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
InscribedNone
Credit LineThe Eugene L. Garbaty Memorial Collection
Object number69.47.11
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 204
DescriptionSquat cylindrical bottle of porcelain with a narrow neck & an everted flat lip rim. Scene on body of underglaze blue depicts many small boys, some within a terrace on a building. Others are carrying various objects & seemingly setting off firecrackers in a garden. Intricately painted underglaze blue scene of fishermen on the bottom.