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Snuff Bottle in the Form of a Miniature Vase
19th century
porcelain with tea-dust colored glaze
(China )
(China )
This streaked olive-brown glaze drains to an almost colorless tone at the mouth of this vessel and pools in a thick welt above the brown-dressed foot-rim.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Bill Fisher [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1983, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2000-2001 | Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 in. (7.6 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.
49.2527