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Snuff Bottle with Butterflies and Vines

Chinese (Artist)

1750-1850

carved brown lacquer, copper alloy, nephrite, bamboo, and paper
(China )

Provenance

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

Exhibitions

2018	Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1979	Snuff Bottles. Flint Institute of Arts, Flint.

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Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall H: 2 7/8 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 1 1/16 in. (7.3 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm); Bottle H: 2 9/16 × W: 1 7/8 × D: 1 1/16 in. (6.5 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm); Stopper H: 2 1/16 × Diam: 11/16 in. (5.3 × 1.7 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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67.649

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