Snuff Bottle with a Bat on a Shriveled Eggplant (?)

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This piece is carved in a naturalistic form.

Exhibitions

Snuff Bottles. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint. 1979.
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 2000-2001.
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.
Chinese Snuff Bottles 2019. 2018-2020.

Provenance William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

18th-early 19th century

Medium

mother-of-pearl, glass, ivory, and paper
(Pearl, Horn, Coral & Shell)

Accession Number

72.13

Measurements

Overall H: 2 13/16 × W: 1 9/16 × D: 1 3/16 in. (7.2 × 4 × 3 cm); Bottle H: 2 1/2 × W: 1 9/16 × D: 1 3/16 in. (6.3 × 4 × 3 cm); Stopper H: 2 1/2 × Diam: 7/16 in. (6.3 × 1.1 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Chinese Snuff Bottles