Cat's Eye Snuff Bottle

Name/Title

Cat's Eye Snuff Bottle

Description

Well polished striated bottle of cat's eye quartz with faced sides featuring a series of incised circles. The shoulders have mask and ring handlesand it is topped with a domed stopper and fine-tipped bone spoon. -- Semi-precious stone snuff bottle. Campbell inventory number 2, 63mm h x 50mm w, cat's eye bottle of flattened founded form, both sides faceted the rounded sides bearing a series of incised decorative circles, the matching domed stopper with bone fine tip. A tiger’s eye snuff bottle, with vertical striations of brown and mustard-yellow, of rounded form 圓形虎眼鼻煙壺 棕芥黃縱紋, with a raised circular panel on each main side, surrounded by a border of raised bosses. Late 20th century

Acquisition

Accession

T466

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Notes

Date: 1960's - 1970's

Lexicon

Search Terms

snuff, bottle

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

2 in

Depth

1/2 in

Material

Stone