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White glass snuff bottle with painted figures. Pink stopper. Characters/inscription on the bottom.
Snuff Bottle
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Snuff Bottle

Maker Chinese Artist
Date1900-1930s
MediumPaint on glass
Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 3/8 in. (4.8 × 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Charles and June Allen in memory of Hannah Cornelia Leffler
Object number2017.47.16
Collections
Visual DescriptionWhite glass snuff bottle with painted figures. Pink stopper. Characters/inscription on the bottom.
Opaque light blue glass snuff bottle with painted scenes, one side landscape with figure, while the other side showing two figures. Brown glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Clear glass snuff bottle with painted scenes of figures. Green glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Clear glass ovoid snuff bottle with painted scenes of figures. Green glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED TO THE YIHAI YEAR (1935) One side is decorated with two wrestling black huan below a three-character inscription, shuang huan tu, and the reverse has a lengthy poetic inscription followed by the artist's signature, Ma Shaoxian, the date, and a seal, Shao.
Snuff Bottle
Ma Shaoxian
1935
Clear blue glass snuff bottle with painted scenes. One side shows bird and plants, while the other side shows a cricket atop a plant. Opaque off-white glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Glass snuff bottle with scenes painted on interior. One side shows a bird on a flowering branch, while the other is a scene of insects on/around a rocky outcropping with an inscription and seal. Green stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Yan Yutian
1900s
White glass snuff bottle with painted scenes. One side shows butterflies and flowers, while the other shows a crane and pine tree. Green stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Mustard-colored glass snuff bottle with painted avian scenes. Blue and white stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1930's
Clear aqua glass snuff bottle with painted scenes. Orange glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Clear glass snuff bottle with painted landscapes. Dark green glass stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1930s
Clear blue glass snuff bottle with painted landscape scenes. Orange stopper.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
1900-1940
Clear glass snuff bottle with painted scenes. One side shows a cricket or grasshopper atop a plant, the other side shows a mountainous landscape scene. Green stopper with yellow ring.
Snuff Bottle
Chinese Artist
early 20th century

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