Snuff bottle

Museum number:
9-5147
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005147
Accession number:
Acc.1149 and Acc.374
Description:
Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.
Donor:
Harold Heath, Ida Shelley, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Ceramic (material) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bottles, Dragons, Porcelain (visual works), and Snuff bottles
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Accession date:
1909 and 1954
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5147, described as Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5147, described as Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5147, described as Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5147, described as Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snuff bottle, accession number 9-5147, described as Snuff bottle, white crackle porcelain, underglaze blue decoration in dragon design. No stopper. 3” high.

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