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Snuff Bottle (Biyanhu) with Palace SceneRepublican period, dated 1926

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Chinese inside-painted smoky crystal snuff bottle with a rose-pink stopper, decorated with a polychrome scene of four figures in a garden pavilion
Inside-painted glass snuff bottle with pink stopper. Interior painting depicts two women in pink and green robes conversing at right, a figure with a yellow ox at left, and a bird in flight above. Columns of Chinese calligraphy with a red seal at upper left.
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Artist or Maker
Ye Zhongsan
Title
Snuff Bottle (Biyanhu) with Palace Scene
Place Made
China
Date Made
Republican period, dated 1926
Medium
Carved smoky quartz with inside painted decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in. (7.94 x 4.76 x 1.91 cm); .a) Cover: 2 3/4 x 3/4 in. (7 x 1.91 cm); .b) Bottle: 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 3/4 in. (6.67 x 4.76 x 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection
Accession Number
M.45.3.291a-b
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art