Snuff Bottle with Figures in Landscape
(China )
This enamel on metal snuff bottle is of Cantonese origin and has enamel work/decoration depicting figures in a verdant landscape including a four-character Qianlong [Ch'ien-lung] reign mark on the base which may be of the period or immediately therafter, late 18th or early 19th centuries. A typical metal stopper finishes the composition.
Inscription
Provenance
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Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
Exhibitions
2000-2001 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 3/16 x 1 3/4 in. (5.6 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Shirley E. Gantz, from the collection of Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., 1999
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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44.704