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