SNUFF BOTTLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Pavilion Hallway
About this object
The brown bottle is shaped like a flattened flask with a ring foot. A man on a donkey traveling to the left is carved in white overlay on the front. He is followed by an attendant on foot holding a parcel. Above is part of a tree with blossoms. To the left are more branches in the brownish chalcedony. The rounded cap is in green jadeite.
- Object name:
- SNUFF BOTTLE
- Made from:
- Chalcedony -- jadeite
- Made in:
- China
- Date made:
- 19th Century
- Size:
- 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 61.34
- Class:
- SNUFF BOTTLE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973