SNUFF BOTTLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Pavilion Hallway
About this object
The bottle is flat and squat with a spade shape. On both sides is carved a flowering tree with butterflies and a beetle among the branches. It is an orange color. The rose quartz cover is rounded and carved with a dragon.
- Object name:
- SNUFF BOTTLE
- Made from:
- Carnelian -- rose quartz
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- ca. 1800
- Size:
- 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 61.33
- Class:
- SNUFF BOTTLE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973