Cylindrical porcelain snuff bottle boldly painted with a coiling dragon chasing a flaming pearl
Cylindrical porcelain snuff bottle boldly painted with a coiling dragon chasing a flaming pearl

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Cylindrical porcelain snuff bottle boldly painted with a coiling dragon chasing a flaming pearl,

19th century

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-1006

Information

Title
Cylindrical porcelain snuff bottle boldly painted with a coiling dragon chasing a flaming pearl
Dates

19th century

Medium
Porcelain with underglaze blue
Dimensions
h. without stopper 6.3 cm., diam. 2.5 cm. (2 1/2 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-1006
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
snuff bottles, soft paste porcelain, blue-and-white, chinese ceramics styles
Materials
underglazing, porcelain
Subject
dragons, iconography, blue, white (color)

Snuff bottle

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