Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Boys at Play
Name/Title
Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Boys at PlayEntry/Object ID
SB3608Description
Small Chinese porcelain snuff bottle of elongated pear-shaped form with a long cylindrical neck, decorated in freely painted polychrome enamels with numerous youthful figures in varied colored robes amid sparse vegetation. The figural decoration probably draws upon the auspicious Hundred Boys (baizi) tradition associated with abundant descendants and family prosperity. Probably late Qing dynasty to Republic period. Base photograph unavailable; recorded as unmarked pending contrary evidence. Accompanied by a domed red stopper with cork plug.Category
Chinese snuff bottle
Made/Created
Artist
Maker presently unidentifiedTime Period
20th CenturyEthnography
Cultural Region
Continent
AsiaCulture/Tribe
Chinese