Snuff Bottle (Dragon)

Object/Artifact

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San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

Name/Title

Snuff Bottle (Dragon)

Description

Ceramic snuff bottle with a painted dragon in the sky. A porcelain snuff bottle, of cylindrical form, decorated in underglaze blue and red with a dragon flying through scrolling clouds above waves 圓柱形瓷製鼻煙壺, 有一條騰雲駕霧的龍. 1870-1920

Made/Created

Time Period

Late Qing Dynasty

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

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Snuff Bottle

Dimensions

Height

1-3/8 in

Width

3 in

Depth

1-3/8 in

Material

Cork, Ceramic