Snuff Bottle with Landscape
(China )
This snuff bottle has a pilgrim bottle shape with a glass stopper and a green-stained bone collar. The vessel is painted with a mountain-and-river landscape that wraps around the entire bottle in a red underglaze. The red underglaze is speckled with green, which is a result of its firing conditions.
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Provenance
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Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1896 (?); by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
2018 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 3 1/8 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 5/8 in. (8 × 6.6 × 4.2 cm); Bottle H: 2 5/8 × W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 5/8 in. (6.7 × 6.6 × 4.2 cm); Stopper H: 2 1/2 × Diam: 13/16 in. (6.3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1896 (?)
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.
49.285