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Snuff Bottle with Figures in Landscape
(China )
This enamel on metal snuff bottle was very attractively painted and then fired illustrating figures in a garden-like landscape. The neck has a traditional key motif border and an original metal stopper. On the underside is a black Qianlong [Ch'ien-lung] mark underglaze. This is a probably the work of Cantonese crafstmen in the late 18th or early 19th century and constitutes a pair with Walters 44.704 despite having unique illustrations.
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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 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. (5.7 x 4.2 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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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.703
