Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Figural Landscape and Inscription

Object/Artifact

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The Curio Cabinet Collection

Name/Title

Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Figural Landscape and Inscription

Entry/Object ID

SB3504

Description

Chinese porcelain snuff bottle painted in polychrome enamels with a continuous figural landscape depicting a seated dignitary or scholar attended by figures amid pine, rockwork, and vegetation. One side bears a calligraphic inscription with red seals, while the recessed base carries a four-character iron-red mark. Fitted with a porcelain stopper decorated in iron red. Probably late Qing dynasty to Republic period.

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

Four-character iron-red seal/script mark within the recessed base. Reading requires confirmation from a sharper, correctly oriented close-up. It should presently be cataloged as a decorative/apocryphal workshop or reign-style mark rather than used for dating. Other Marks Small iron-red seals incorporated alongside the inscription/landscape painting.

Dimensions

Height

2-7/8 in

Diameter

1-7/8 in

Weight

42 g

Accessories

Accessory

Stopper

Materials

Material

Porcelain

Material Notes

Glazed porcelain with overglaze polychrome enamel

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase