Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus
Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus
Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus
Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus

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Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus,

18th century

Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
2001-303

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with Mandarin ducks, sun, and lotus
Dates

18th century

Medium
Snuff bottle; glass
Dimensions
h. with stopper 6.2 cm., w. 5.0 cm., d. 2.5 cm. (2 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard T. Arndt, Class of 1949, in memory of Lois Wersba Roth
Object Number
2001-303
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
unsigned, undated
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing
Type
snuff bottles, glassworking processes and techniques
Subject
lotus, lotus, waterscapes, birds

–2001 Richardt T. Arndt (Washington, DC), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.

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