Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape,

1815

Gan Xuanwen 甘烜文, active early 19th century
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-590

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with interior painting depicting a scholar in a mountainous river landscape
Dates

1815

Maker
Gan Xuanwen 甘烜文
Medium
Crystal with ink and colored pigments
Dimensions
h. with stopper 9.3 cm., w. 4.1 cm., d. 3.1 cm. (3 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-590
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
dated 4th moon (清 和 ) of 1815 己 亥 
Inscription
Inscribed: Text on the landscape side: Chun yu yu qing shi 春雨欲晴時，Shan guang nong yan cui 山光弄煙翠。 Lin jian you gao ren 林間有高人，Xiao yu luo tian wai 笑語落天外。 Gan Xuan 甘 烜 Text on the pine tree side: Zhi lan bing yu shan chuan xiu 芷蘭并毓山川秀，Song bai chang liu tian di chun 松柏長留天地春。 Gugang jushi古 岡 居 士
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
snuff bottles
Materials
quartz, pigment, crystal (material by form)
Subject
mountains, emperors, landscapes (representations), trees, poems

Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903 (1860–1934), by 1934; bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1936.

Snuff bottle

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