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Snuff Bottle in the Form of a Miniature Vase
(China )
This unusual meatllic brown jarlet has a matte iron-rust type glaze with a deep and even brownish-gray color suffused with suspended particles of a silvery tone. The base is also glazed and the undressed foot reveals the hard white porcelain.
Provenance
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Mineral Arts and Antiques [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1983, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2000-2001 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, 1983
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.
49.2530