Chinese Porcelain "Fish Scale" Design Snuff Bottle

Item Details

An antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle. This small bottle features porcelain construction with a black on emerald green glaze pattern. Each shoulder bears a guardian lion head holding a ring in its mouth. This piece has a blue glass cabochon adorned stopper. Accession number 1938.0107.

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

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Item #

17COL077-084