Snuff Bottle
81-23-137A
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 81-23-137A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Date Made | ca. 1890 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Glass |
Iconography | Poem | Landscape | Cricket | Butterfly | Cabbage |
Description | A white glass inside painted bottle (a) with overlay of red glass. One side has a hill and valley landscape with a poem, and the other side is a painting of a cricket eating a cabbage and a butterfly. The stopper (b) is made of agate. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981 |
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