Snuff bottle with floral designs
Snuff bottle with floral designs
Snuff bottle with floral designs
Snuff bottle with floral designs

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Snuff bottle with floral designs

Chinese
Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period, 1736–1795
2001-304

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with floral designs
Medium
Amber with enamels
Dimensions
h. with stopper 6.0 cm., w. 3.8 cm., d. 1.7 cm. (2 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard T. Arndt, Class of 1949, in memory of Lois Wersba Roth
Object Number
2001-304
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
On base in painted enamel [faint]: Qianlong reign mark
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
snuff bottles, enameling, amber (fossil resin)
Materials
enamel, amber (fossil resin)
Subject
floral patterns

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

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