Title
White snuff bottle with enamelled decoration
Year/Period
1820 - 1880
Region
Possibly Yangzhou, China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 6.8 x 5.2 x 1.8 cm
Accession No.
2013-00444
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM
This porcelain snuff bottle of flattened disc shape is enamelled in the famille verte palette with geese on one side, and on the reverse with a dragon and phoenix. The relative cheapness of porcelain resulted in its wide use for the making of snuff bottles, especially in the 19th century when demand greatly increased.
