Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Famille Rose Decoration

Name/Title

Enameled Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Famille Rose Decoration

Description

This bottle is decorated on one side with two peonies and a pair of hovering birds. The reverse side features an iris and peony sprigs. The stopper is translucent jade with a silver collar and a silver spoon -- Enameled porcelain snuff bottle. Campell inventory number 16, 70mm h x 19mm w, with famile rose decoration. The white body of bulbous circular form, decorated on one side with two peonies and a pair of hovering birds, the reverse with an iris and peony sprigs. A porcelain snuff bottle, of rounded form, enameled on each main side with a scene of a pair of birds 瓷製鼻煙壺有琺瑯彩鳥圖案swooping amid blossoming trees. 1880-1920

Acquisition

Accession

T476

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

Late Qing Dynasty

Notes

Date: early 20th c late Qing; early Republic

Lexicon

Search Terms

snuff, bottle, enameled, porcelain, pottery

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

2-13/16 in

Width

2 in

Depth

11/16 in