Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Stopper

Chen Shaofu

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), 1904

  • Titles Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Stopper (Descriptive)
  • Artist Chen Shaofu, Chinese
  • Medium glass
  • Dimensions 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 5/8 in. (7.3 x 3.8 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, 1996.69.7a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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