Snuff Bottle with Floral Frieze

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This porcelain snuff bottle is of cylinder shape with iron-red decoration on a white ground. The design is a stylized floral pattern with Buddhist emblems interspersed. The stopper is of simulated coral with a turquoise collar and the base has a mark which is not discernible.

Exhibitions

Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 2000-2001.
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.

Provenance 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.

Inscriptions [Mark]

Credit Gift of Shirley E. Gantz, from the collection of Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., 1999

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Creator

Chinese (Ceramicist)

Period

19th century (Ch'ing)

Medium

porcelain with coral-red enamels, ivory
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.2769

Measurements

Overall H: 3 1/8 × Diam: 1 3/16 in. (7.9 × 3 cm); Bottle H: 2 11/16 × Diam: 1 3/16 in. (6.9 × 3 cm); Stopper H: 1 15/16 × Diam: 5/8 in. (5 × 1.6 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View