Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground
Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground
Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground
Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground

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East-West Artwalk
Haskell Education Center

Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground,

1790–1830

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1936-895

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with fan-tailed fish on a blue ground
Dates

1790–1830

Medium
Porcelain with enamels and molded designs
Dimensions
h. without stopper 6.7 cm., w. 5.2 cm., d. 2.9 cm. (2 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-895
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
seal mark on base
Marks/Labels/Seals
Qianlong four-character iron-red seal mark and possibly late in the period
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
snuff bottles, chinese ceramics styles
Subject
goldfishes, seascapes, orange, blue

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

Snuff bottle

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