Title
Snuff bottle carved with a monkey
Year/Period
1800 - 1860
Region
China
Object Type
snuff bottles
Material
jasper
Technique
forming (physical activity), carving (processes)
Dimension
Object size: 7.2 x 5 x 4 cm
Accession No.
2013-00448
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM
NLB Type
Ceramic
The olive-coloured body of this jasper snuff bottle is carved with an ochre monkey holding a peach. This image probably alludes to an episode in the Chinese classic, Journey to the West, where the Monkey King steals a peach of immortality from the orchard of the Queen Mother of the West. These special peaches were thought to endow one with eternal youth and longevity.
