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