Snuff bottle and stopper

Museum number:
9-13582a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3272
Description:
snuff bottle with stopper-applicator, carved cinnebar lacquer (?); a) snuff bottle: structures, trees in relief; metal at top and base; (b) stopper-applicator: metal and cinnebar (?) handle, applicator (ivory) broken; calligraphic inscription on base of snuff bottle
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles, Carvings (visual works), and Snuff bottles
Accession date:
December 1, 1976
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle and stopper, accession number 9-13582a,b, described as snuff bottle with stopper-applicator, carved cinnebar lacquer (?); a) snuff bottle: structures, trees in relief; metal at top and base; (b) stopper-applicator: metal and cinnebar (?) handle, applicator (ivory) broken; calligraphic inscription on base of snuff bottle

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