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Snuff Bottle with Dragon
1850-1910
Silver, copper, horn, coral, garnet, tourmaline(?)
(China )
(China )
It is traditional for Mongolia people to offer snuff from their snuff bottles when they greet one another. This example features protective Himalayan Buddhist imagery of a Zeeba (Kirtimukha) .
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.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979 | Snuff Bottles. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint. |
Geographies
Mongolia (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 × W: 1 15/16 × D: 1 3/16 in. (7.6 × 5 × 3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
57.1412