Honey-colored chalcedony snuff bottle with carved handles,
1780–1850

Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1644–1912

y1936-584

Information

Title

Honey-colored chalcedony snuff bottle with carved handles

Dates

1780–1850

Medium

Chalcedony with inclusions, with low relief carving

Dimensions

h. with stopper 7.5 cm., w. 6.4 cm., d. 2.7 cm. (2 15/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903

Object Number

y1936-584

Place Made

Asia, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qianlong

Type

agate, snuff bottles

Materials

chalcedony, quartz

Techniques

carving

Subject

brown, animals

Michael C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum (Baltimore: The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, 2002), cat. 241, p. 187, illus.

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Citation

Chinese, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), Honey-colored chalcedony snuff bottle with carved handles, 1780–1850. Chalcedony with inclusions, with low relief carving; 7.5 x 6.4 x 2.7 cm. Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903 (y1936-584)
Princeton University Art Museum.
https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/20461

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