Snuff Bottle with Birds and Flowering Tree

Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Exhibitions

Snuff Bottles. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint. 1979.
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 2000-2001.
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters

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Creator

Chinese (Ceramicist)

Period

ca. 3rd quarter 19th century

Medium

porcelain with underglaze blue
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.14

Measurements

Overall H: 3 3/16 × Diam: 1 3/4 in. (8.1 × 4.5 cm); Bottle H: 3 1/16 × Diam: 1 3/4 in. (7.7 × 4.5 cm); Stopper H: 5/8 × Diam: 1 1/4 in. (1.6 × 3.2 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View