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Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper

 
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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with Cork Stopper
Department
European
Maker(s)
Peking Imperial Workshop, Maker
Place Made: 
China, Beijing
Date: 
1736-1795
Color
(a) Opaque white, bright blue
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.5 cm, W: 3.9 cm, Th: 2.2 cm; Rim Diam: 1.5 cm
Accession Number: 
81.6.13
Credit Line: 
Gift of Marian Swayze Mayer
Location: 
On Display
Description
(a) Opaque white glass, bright blue overlay; circular body rising to neck with level rim surrounded by ring of blue overlay, roughly applied blue oval base ring, blue line applique of modified free-flowing dragon. (b) New cork stopper, bone spoon, no disc, hemispherical gilt cap with chi dragon in relief.
Provenance
Mayer, Marian Swayze, Source
1981-12-22

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Exhibitions

East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass
West Bridge Show
Glass Snuff Bottles of China at Steuben Glass
Venue(s)
Steuben Glass, Inc. 1981-09-09 through 1981-10-03
 

Publications

Confluente Est-Vest in Arta Sti'clei (2011-05) illustrated, p. 10;
East Meets West: Cross-Cultural Influences in Glassmaking in the 18th and 19th Centuries (2010) illustrated, p. 4; BIB# AI82479
Recent Important Acquisitions, 24 (1982) illustrated, p. 99, #37; BIB# AI9252
Glass Snuff Bottles from China from the Mayer Collection (1980) #9; BIB# 30686

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