snuff-bottle BM-Franks.962.+

Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1800-1897
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, painted,
Subjects:bird literature
Dimensions:Height: 7.50 centimetres Width: 9.50 centimetres

Description:
Large snuff-bottle or “table-bottle.” Cockerel and poem. Mark. Made of marbled enamelled, unglazed porcelain.
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Comments:Scholars would have had larger bottles with snuff (too large to carry on the body) on their table, from which they could dispense smaller quantities of snuff to friends or to fill up a snuff-bottle. Carol Michaelson, British Museum, 11-09-2012
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