Double gourd snuff bottle with birds and pine tree

1796-1820

Chinese

Brass with overglaze enamel decoration and gold stopper

2 1/2 in. (6.35 cm)

Girth: 3 3/4 in.

Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection

33.115

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Ceramics and Snuff Bottles from the Ming and Xing Dynasties, January 14, 2006 - April 2, 2006

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

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

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