Agate Snuff Bottle Carved with Dragon Motif and Bone Lid

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1800

  • Titles Agate Snuff Bottle Carved with Dragon Motif and Bone Lid (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium hardstone and bone
  • Dimensions 2 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (7.3 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.572.1998a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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