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SNUFF BOTTLE

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Pavilion Hallway


About this object

This bottle is a double or twin bottle, where the material has been carved to indicate two bottles joined at the sides. These two flat square bottles are carved from a single piece of pink tourmaline. The fronts, backs, and sides are carved with growing trees with leaves and butterflies. The stoppers are made in green jade. One is shaped like a rounded cap and the other is more spherical and is carved with a leaf. The rectangular base in ivory has six feet.

Object name:
SNUFF BOTTLE
Made from:
Tourmaline -- ivory -- jadeite
Made in:
China
Date made:
ca. 1850
Size:
5.4 × 5.1 cm (2 1/8 × 2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
61.29
Class:
SNUFF BOTTLE
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973