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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Snuff bottle as melon with squirrel and spider
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Snuff bottle as melon with squirrel and spider

Date18th - 19th century
Object number33.948
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.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (2.9 x 4.8 cm) L.: 2 5/16 in.
MediumTurquoise and coral
two views
Chinese
1821-1850
Object number: 33.895
Snuff bottle:  Celestial Cowherd and Heavenly Maiden
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 33.939
Tayo (Bride’s necklace with almond-shaped pendant)
Nepalese
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 33.704
Miniature skull-shaped cup
17th-18th century
Object number: 65.96
Ritual dagger (phurpa)
17th-18th century
Object number: 65.97
two views
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 33.1006
Snuff bottle
Chinese
mid 19th century
Object number: 98.49.36
Snuff bottle
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 98.49.55