Lacquer Cinnabar Snuff Bottle

Name/Title

Lacquer Cinnabar Snuff Bottle

Description

This cinnabar snuff bottle is decorated in high relief with a scene of Buddha and arkats studying in a garden of vines, branches and flowers over a Greek key band. It's topped with a matchign stopper in copper bezel and an orange dyed spoon. -- Lacquer snuff bottle. Campbell inventory number 39, 61mm h x 46mm w, cinnabar bottle of spade form, decorated overall in high relief with a scene of Buddha and the Lohans at study in a garden of vines, branches, and flowers over a Greek key band over a flower. A cinnabar lacquer on wood snuff bottle 硃砂漆木鼻煙壺, of ovoid form, continuously carved in relief with the Eighteen Luohan. 1780-1850

Acquisition

Accession

T861

Source or Donor

Joan S. Campbell, Joan S. Campbell Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Time Period

Qing Dynasty

Notes

Date: Not specified

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Bottle, Snuff

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Container, Snuff

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Search Terms

snuff, bottle

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

1-13/16 in

Width

2-3/8 in

Material

Lacquer, Cinnabar