snuff-bottle BM-1945-1017.318

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1901 (Dated.)
Materials:mineral, jadeite,
Technique:painted
Subjects:fish literature
Dimensions:Height: 8 centimetres

Description:
Snuff-bottle (with stopper), decorated on one side with two devoted sisters holding fans and documents, taotie design and ring shoulders. The reverse shows a fan with fish and a poem, also calligraphy and rubbings. Made of painted rock crystal (quartz); also jadeite (stopper).
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Comments:Rawson 1992:The stoppers are not always made of the same material as the bottles. Snuff bottles show the Chinese love of working on a miniature scale. Seen also BM 1945.1017.314; BM 1936.0413.76; BM 1986.0306.14; BM 1945.1017.361 and 296; and BM 1936.0413.70.