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Snuff Bottle with Dragon
19th century
porcelain with green enamels
(China )
(China )
This famille-verte Dragon Bottle, simliar in shape to Walters 49.2551 is enamelled over the white glaze with a large dragon amongst flames and a sacred pearl in iron-red, green, purple, black, and yellow enamels.
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.
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
2 15/16 in. (7.5 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.
49.2552