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Snuff bottle with peony, magnolia, and crabapple

Date1735-1796

Label TextAncient Moon Pavilion (Guyuexuan) is the prestigious name often used to refer to milky-white glass-body wares with painted enamel decoration. Reproducing painting techniques in this medium is a significant technical challenge because glass and enamel have similar melting points and each enamel color requires a particular firing temperature and duration.

Object number33.119

Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann

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 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, E The Connoisseur, (May 1936), ill. p. 283 Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 81 (b&w) Perry, L. Chinese Snuff Bottles, (1960), p. 91, no. 71, p. 99 Clydesdale, Heather Colburn, The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, Autumn 2008, pg. 5

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions1 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. (4.76 x 3.81 cm) Girth: 4 1/8 in. Diam.: 1/2 in.

MediumGlass with overglaze enamel and gilt