Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief
Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief
Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief
Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief,

1780–1850

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-603

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with bamboo and chrysanthemum relief
Dates

1780–1850

Medium
Amethyst with dark inclusions and low relief carving
Dimensions
h. without stopper 6.5 cm., w. 4.2 cm., d. 1.5 cm. (2 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-603
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
snuff bottles
Materials
quartz, amethyst
Techniques
carving
Subject
gold (color), purple, plants

Colonel James A. Blair (d. 1934), by 1934; bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1936.

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