Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs

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Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs

Chinese
Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period, 1736–1795
2002-6

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with birds on branch designs
Medium
Snuff bottle; porcelain with enamels
Dimensions
h. without stopper 5.8 cm., w. 5.3 cm., d. 2.5 cm. (2 5/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard T. Arndt, Class of 1949, in memory of Lois Wersba Roth
Object Number
2002-6
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Four-character reign mark on base in red enamel: Qianlong nian zhi
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
snuff bottles, chinese ceramics styles
Subject
flowers (plants), trees, fruit, red, birds, butterflies

–2002 Richardt T. Arndt (Washington, DC), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2002.

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