Blue-and-White Cylindrical Snuff Bottle with Flowers and Dotted Ground

Name/Title

Blue-and-White Cylindrical Snuff Bottle with Flowers and Dotted Ground

Entry/Object ID

SB3606

Description

Chinese porcelain snuff bottle of tall cylindrical form, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue with flowering plants set against a densely stippled ground and with restrained red-brown and polychrome accents. The rounded shoulder is ornamented with radiating blue lines and darker accents, while the short neck carries a repeating pointed motif. The bottle stands on a recessed foot bearing a small underglaze-blue abbreviated or stylized mark that remains unidentified. Stopper absent.

Category

Chinese snuff bottle

Made/Created

Artist

Maker presently unidentified

Time Period

20th Century

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Asia

Culture/Tribe

Chinese

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Small underglaze-blue mark within recessed base

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Diameter

1-3/8 in

Weight

80 g

Materials

Material

Porcelain

Material Notes

Decorated principally in underglaze cobalt blue with limited overglaze/enamel color, including iron-red tones

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase