Bottle

Museum number:
9-10868
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090010868
Description:
Snuff bottle: glass; white with raised and colored scenes of 2 dogs and flowers on each side; annular ring base; straight neck; no stopper or top; height 6 cm. Imprinting on bottom can read to: "11th sign (zodiac) is the dog"; or "Guard like a dog"; or "Barbarians are like dogs". For Chinese snuff (tobacco ground very fine with herbs and flowers).
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 9-10868, described as Snuff bottle: glass; white with raised and colored scenes of 2 dogs and flowers on each side; annular ring base; straight neck; no stopper or top; height 6 cm. Imprinting on bottom can read to: "11th sign (zodiac) is the dog"; or "Guard like a dog"; or "Barbarians are like dogs". For Chinese snuff (tobacco ground very fine with herbs and flowers).

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