Title
Corn-shaped snuff bottle
Year/Period
1820 - 1880
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 7.6 x 3 x 3 cm
Accession No.
2013-00421
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM
This snuff bottle is realistically shaped as an ear of corn, which is a symbol of fertility in Chinese culture. Bottles imitating fruits and vegetables must have been quite popular as there are many extant examples. Other forms included cabbages, eggplants and peppers.
