Snuff Bottle

China

Qing dynasty (1644-1912), About 1825

  • Titles Snuff Bottle (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium ivory
  • Dimensions 3 × 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (7.6 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Catherine H. Collins Collection, AFI.542.1998
  • Work Type snuff bottle
  • Classification Containers

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cup: H: 2" x DIA: 3.25 Stand: H: 3" x DIA: 4.25 Not an original marriage. The "stand" has an odd depression atypical of the Joseon period Cup is thickly potted and most likely older than the "stand"