Ivory Snuff Bottle Carved with Taoist Immortal Lady He Xiangu

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1825

  • Titles Ivory Snuff Bottle Carved with Taoist Immortal Lady He Xiangu (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium ivory
  • Dimensions 3 × 1 5/8 × 5/8 in. (7.6 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.545.1998a-b
  • Work Type snuff bottle with stopper
  • Classification Containers

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