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Creative Commons License
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Creative Commons License
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Snuff Bottle Decorated with Gourds and Vines
Famille-rose molded porcelain snuff bottle, in the shape of a double-gourd with round lower bulb and pear-shaped upper section, flat mouth-rim with traces of gilt, molded in high relief with an all-over pattern of gourds and vines, all enamelled in pink, red, yellow, blue and green, the concave base with an illegible seal mark in iron-red.
Provenance
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David Newbon; acquired by Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore; given to the Walters Art Museum, 1983.
Exhibitions
| 2018 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 7/16 × W: 1 5/16 × D: 1 7/16 in. (6.2 × 3.4 × 3.7 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.
49.2550