Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle

Item Details

An antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle. This piece features an intricate ensemble of colorfully clothed figures to the body. This piece includes a metal lid with blue glass cabochon accent to top. Bottle is marked to underside with Chinese characters ( 乾隆年制) and spoon is marked indistinctly. 1938.0112.a & b

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

Condition

- wear consistent with age.
- small chip to lip of bottle.

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-171