Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting

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Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting,

1736–1795

Chinese
Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign period, 1736–1795
y1936-707

Information

Title
Copper snuff bottle painted in enamel with a European lady in a landscape setting
Dates

1736–1795

Medium
Copper with enamels
Dimensions
h. with stopper 5.5 cm., w. 3.7 cm., d. 2.2 cm. (2 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-707
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Imperial mark in blue on base
Marks/Labels/Seals
Qianlong four-character blue enamel mark and of the period
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qianlong
Type
peking, snuff bottles, enameling
Materials
copper, enamel
Subject
figures (representations), flowers (plants), fruit, European, women

Snuff bottle

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