Title
Pepper-shaped snuff bottle
Year/Period
1780 - 1850
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 7.5 x 2.6 x 2.7 cm
Accession No.
2013-00439
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM
This porcelain snuff bottle modelled in the form of a pepper is covered in an aubergine glaze, complete with matching stopper. Bottles imitating fruits and vegetables must have been quite popular as there are many extant examples. Other forms included cabbages, eggplants and corn.
