Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Cats, Butterfly, Flowers and Shou Emblem

Object/Artifact

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Cats, Butterfly, Flowers and Shou Emblem

Entry/Object ID

SB3611

Description

Chinese porcelain snuff bottle of elongated pear-shaped form, decorated in polychrome enamels with two cats at play amid flowering plants and a butterfly, with a stylized red longevity emblem on the reverse. The freely painted scene combines lively animal imagery with traditional auspicious symbolism, particularly the cat-and-butterfly longevity theme. Fitted with a coordinating porcelain stopper painted with a linear leaf motif.

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

A red-painted decorative emblem on the side appears to be a stylized shou (壽, longevity).

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Diameter

1-1/2 in

Weight

27 g

Materials

Material

Porcelain

Material Notes

Glazed porcelain with polychrome overglaze enamels

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase