Amythyst Snuff Bottle with Carved Dragon and Lingzhi Motif and Ivory Lid

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1800

  • Titles Amythyst Snuff Bottle with Carved Dragon and Lingzhi Motif and Ivory Lid (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium amethyst and ivory
  • Dimensions 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3/4 in. (6.4 × 3.8 × 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.567.1998a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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Wearing the unadorned hairstyle of an ascetic and notably without jewelry she has four hands: the upper right holding a rosary, the upper left holding a sickle, the lower right making a boon-granting gesture. The lowered left holding a water pot with a handle. Her lion stands to her right. A doe rests beneath a buck at her left. A radiating mandorla radiates like flower peals behind. Her sari clings to her body. Her eyes are wide open with a slight smile. Damage to the face and left breast as well as the two upper hands.