Snuff bottle

1736 - 95

European women, or a mother and child in European landscapes, were Qianlong's favored European motifs. They were often enclosed in panels with elaborate borders and painted with a soft pink palette. Such designs reflect the rococo style prevalent in Europe at the time.

Hard paste porcelain

1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in. (4.76 x 3.81 x 2.22 cm)

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.117

Photo: Paul Macapia

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe, Feb. 17 - May 7, 2000.

Published Referencesde Vere Bailey, B. A., The Old Moon Pavilion Ware, in The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, Vol. 67, No. 393 (December 1935), pp. 264-267 + 270-273, p. 267 pl. 1, D (side view)

Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 81 (b&w)

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 250

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