Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Ma Shaoxuan

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1900

  • Titles Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Stopper (Descriptive)
  • Artist Ma Shaoxuan, Chinese
  • Medium glass
  • Dimensions 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. (6.7 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift from the Bequest of Arthur Leroy and Lila Fisher Caldwell, Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art, 1996.69.3a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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