Agate Snuff Bottle Carved with Bearded Man Motif and Rose Quartz Lid

China

18th-19th century

  • Titles Agate Snuff Bottle Carved with Bearded Man Motif and Rose Quartz Lid (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium hard stone
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.549.1998a-b
  • Object Name snuff bottle and stopper
  • Classification Containers

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