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Snuff bottle in the form of a wine jar

Title

Year/Period

1820 - 1880

Region

China

Object Type

snuff bottles

Material

porcelain (material)

Technique

pottery forming techniques, glazing (coating process), painting (image-making)

Dimension

Object size: 6.6 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm

Accession No.

2013-00447

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM

This porcelain snuff bottle of baluster shape is modelled as a wine jar, covered in a green glaze and with a moulded bamboo lattice in yellow around the mid-section of the bottle.