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Snuff Bottle
Snuff Bottle

Snuff Bottle

Date1780-1850
Object number96.39.50
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Ceramics and Snuff Bottles from the Ming and Xing Dynasties", January 14, 2006 - April 2, 2006Published ReferencesChen, Jennifer, "Bottles of Delight: The Thal Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles", Seattle Art Museum, 1998, pg. 36
Credit LineGift to the Seattle Art Museum for the people of Seattle by Stephen and Britt Thal in honor of Sidney and Berta Thal
Dimensions1 1/2 x 5/8 in. (3.81 x 1.59 cm) Overall h.: 2 5/8 in. .a H.: 2 1/4 in. .b H.: 2 3/16 in. .b Diam.: 5/8 in.
MediumJadeite
Two-handled bowl
Indian
18th century
Object number: 33.91
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
19th century
Object number: 33.1389
Photo: Paul Macapia
18th - 19th century
Object number: 96.39.51
Costa Rican
Object number: 81.17.1384
Photo: Paul Macapia
early 19th century
Object number: 49.240
two views
Yeh Chung-San
late 19th century
Object number: 33.1001
Snuff Bottle: Warrior on Donkey; Landscape with Figure
Yeh Chung-San
1899
Object number: 33.1104
Snuff Bottle: Four Figures from Chinese Folk Tales
Japanese
ca. 1900
Object number: 33.1180
Snuff bottle:  story of Wang Szu-t'u: poem
Meng Tzu-Shou
1909
Object number: 33.1234
two views
1736-1795
Object number: 33.921