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Snuff Bottle with Ox Herder Returning Home
1644-1911
porcelain with enameled glaze
(China )
(China )
Pilgrim shaped snuff bottle with a mountain landscape and a man riding a bullock (a young steer) on each side. Coral colored stopper and ivory spoon.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] (?); Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance (?); Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 1/16 in. (7.78 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
49.72