snuff-bottle
- Museum number
- 1948,1019.6
- Description
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Snuff-bottle. Made of red and yellow glass; also stone (realgar.imitation).
Stopper made of gilded metal.
- Production date
- 1736-1795 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.25 inches (+stopper)
- Curator's comments
- Zhang Rong (Palace Museum, Beijing, 17-07-2012) dates this snuff-bottle to the 18th century, and regards it possible to have been made at the Imperial Workshop (Zaobanchu).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2003, BM, London 1753, cat.5.75
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1948,1019.6