Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions

Chinese
Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period, 1736–1795
2001-305

Information

Title
Snuff bottle with fish and dragon scenes in medallions
Medium
Porcelain with enamels
Dimensions
h. with stopper 5.9 cm., w. 5.1 cm., d. 2.9 cm. (2 5/16 x 2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard T. Arndt, Class of 1949, in memory of Lois Wersba Roth
Object Number
2001-305
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Reign mark on foot ring on bottom in orange enamel: Qianlong nian zhi
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
snuff bottles, chinese ceramics styles
Subject
fish, medallions (ornament areas), dragons

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

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