This porcelain snuff bottle is of cylinder shape with iron-red decoration on a white ground. The design is a stylized floral pattern with Buddhist emblems interspersed. The stopper is of simulated coral with a turquoise collar and the base has a mark which is not discernible.
Inscription
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Provenance
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Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
Exhibitions
2018
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2000-2001
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.