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Snuff bottle

Photo: Paul Macapia

Snuff bottle

1736-95

Chinese , Jingdezhen

The raised roundels on both sides of this Chinese snuff bottle may derive from European enameled watches presented as gifts by Jesuit missionaries. The Qianlong emperor had a taste for European subjects and design. Judging by the subject and skillful paintings, it is very likely that, though the bottle was made at Jingdezhen, the paintings were added at the imperial enameling workshop in the palace.
Hard paste porcelain
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), height
1 15/16 in. (4.92 cm), width
3/4 in. (1.91 cm), diameter
H., w/o cap: 2 3/16 in.
Gift of Eugene Y.C. Sung
98.49.324
Photo: Paul Macapia
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 249

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