Snuff bottle with enamelled decoration

Collections
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Title
Snuff bottle with enamelled decoration
Year/Period
1780 - 1850
Region
China
Object Type
Dimension
Object size: 7.3 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm
Accession No.
2013-00438
Credit Line
Gift of Doris and Franklin Chow in honour of Dr. Kenson Kwok, Founding Director of ACM

The milk white body of this glass snuff bottle is painted in pastel enamels with flowers and fruits. The painted decoration on bottles produced at the Yangzhou workshops typically features a thinner coat of enamels.