Snuff Bottle with Peony Scrolls

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description Snuff bottle of twin cylinder shape glazed with applied iron red enamel illustrating stylized peonies and vines. The base has underglaze Yung Cheng mark but is not of the period.

Exhibitions

Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2018.

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

Inscriptions spurious reign mark of Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng] (1722-1735)

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

19th century

Medium

porcelain with iron red enamel
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

49.286

Measurements

Overall H: 2 5/8 × W: 1 11/16 × D: 7/8 in. (6.6 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm); Bottle H: 2 3/8 × W: 1 11/16 × D: 7/8 in. (6.1 × 4.3 × 2.2 cm); Stopper B, H: 1 15/16 × Diam: 3/8 in. (4.9 × 1 cm); Stopper C, H: 1/2 × Diam: 7/16 in. (1.2 × 1.1 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Charles Street: Second Floor: Chinese Snuff Bottles