Snuff Bottle with separate Base

Snuff Bottle with separate Base

 
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Object Name: 
Snuff Bottle with separate Base
Department
Modern
Place Made: 
China
Date: 
probably 1800-1899
Technique
AAT
forming
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5 cm, Diam: 2.5 cm; Th: 1.7 cm
Accession Number: 
51.6.299
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Snuff Bottle with separate Base. (a) Transparent slightly cloudy colorless glass and red overlay; blown, cased, formed and carved. Flattened, somewhat oval body sloping up to a slightly flaring neck with ground rim; cut design, in red, on body, of two goldfish and scattered leaves (?). (b) Oval red ring base.
Provenance
Hussey, Nellie B., Source
1951
Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1948-10-03 through 1948-10-31

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