Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design,

1723–1735

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912 | Yongzheng 雍正 reign period, 1723–1735
y1936-752

Information

Title
Octagonal snuff bottle with bird and flower design
Dates

1723–1735

Medium
White glass with enamel paint
Dimensions
h. with stopper 5.1 cm., w. 3.7 cm., d. 3.0 cm. (2 x 1 7/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-752
Place Made

Asia, China

Marks/Labels/Seals
Yongzheng four-character seal mark in pink enamel on the base, and of the period: 雍正年制
Culture
Chinese
Period
Yongzheng
Type
snuff bottles, glassworking
Materials
enamel, glass
Subject
chrysanthemums, geese, flowers (plants), birds, riverbanks

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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