Snuff Bottle (Dragon Waves)

Object/Artifact

San Diego Chinese Historical Museum

Name/Title

Snuff Bottle (Dragon Waves)

Description

Ceramic snuff bottle with waves and dragon decoration. A porcelain snuff bottle, of cylindrical form, decorated in underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red with a continuous scene of a dragon flying through waves 圓柱形瓷鼻煙壺，有龍騰浪濤的圖案 in pursuit of a flaming pearl. 1880-1920

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 in

Width

3 in

Depth

1 in