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Snuff Bottle (Biyanhu) with Landscape Reservesearly 20th century

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Small snuff bottle with flattened rounded form, carved and painted with a relief landscape scene of trees, rocks, a pavilion, and a seated figure; red domed stopper with green collar
Molded porcelain snuff bottle with flattened ovoid form, decorated in polychrome enamels with a landscape scene featuring rocky mountains, trees, a waterfall, a pavilion, and two standing figures on a terrace; green key-fret collar with red coral stopper.

Unknown, Snuff Bottle (Biyanhu) with Landscape Reserves, early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Hyatt Robert von Dehn, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Snuff Bottle (Biyanhu) with Landscape Reserves
Place Made
China
Date Made
early 20th century
Medium
Carved ivory with polychrome tinted decoration, carved bone stopper
Dimensions
Height: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Width: 1 5/8 in. (4.12 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Hyatt Robert von Dehn
Accession Number
M.69.91.21a-b
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art