Snuff Bottle with "Double Happiness"
(China )
This piece has a design carved in raised relief.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2018-2020 | Chinese Snuff Bottles 2019. |
2018 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
2000-2001 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/8 × W: 1 5/8 × D: 3/4 in. (6.1 × 4.1 × 1.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
41.175