Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1750-1911
Materials:quartz
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 7 centimetres (without stopper) Width: 4.50 centimetres
Description:
Snuff-bottle (with stopper). Made of quartz and tourmaline.
IMG
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 1945.1017.361, 296 and 318.
Materials:quartz
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 7 centimetres (without stopper) Width: 4.50 centimetres
Description:
Snuff-bottle (with stopper). Made of quartz and tourmaline.
IMG
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 1945.1017.361, 296 and 318.
© Copyright
The copyright of the article belongs to the author, please keep the original link for reprinting.
THE END