Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion
Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion

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Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion,

1770–1860

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-820

Information

Title
Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion
Dates

1770–1860

Medium
Cloisonné and champlevé enamel
Dimensions
h. with stopper 6.2 cm., w. 4.7 cm., d. 2.2 cm. (2 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-820
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
snuff bottles, cloisonné
Materials
cloisonné, champlevé, enamel
Subject
blue, flowers (plants), medallions (ornament areas), dragons, symbols, iconography

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

Snuff bottle

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