Snuff Bottle Lid
81-23-139B
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 81-23-139B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | ca. 1890 |
| Section | Asian |
| Description | An unusual overlay and inside painted bottle (a) whose decoration is swallows flying over a leafless tree (in winter) with plum blossoms (below) heralding the approach of spring. The red overlay covers the top and base. The bottle has cracks. Fake coral (dyed bone) on stopper (b). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981 |
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