Bottle

Museum number:
9-10859
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090010859
Description:
Snuff bottle: glass; white; flattened round body; bird and flowers painted on both sides; ring base with writing on bottom; short straight neck; no stopper; height 6.5 cm. For Chinese snuff (tobacco ground very fine with herbs and flowers). Reads: Reign of Ch'ien Lung (1736- 1795 A.D.). Per D. Peterson.
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bottle, accession number 9-10859, described as Snuff bottle: glass; white; flattened round body; bird and flowers painted on both sides; ring base with writing on bottom; short straight neck; no stopper; height 6.5 cm. For Chinese snuff (tobacco ground very fine with herbs and flowers). Reads: Reign of Ch'ien Lung (1736- 1795 A.D.). Per D. Peterson.

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