Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1740–1800
The "Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle" is a small vessel crafted from white jade in China during the Qing dynasty, dated to between 1740 and 1800. It is shaped in the form of a double gourd, featuring a larger, spherical lower bulb that tapers at the waist before expanding into a smaller upper bulb and terminating in an upright, cylindrical neck.
The exterior of the vessel is polished to an unadorned, smooth finish without relief decoration, surface carving, or inscriptions, highlighting the uniform milky texture and pale tone of the white jade. The bottle is paired with a rounded, dome-like stopper made of mottled bright green stone. The object measures 6.4 cm in height, 3.8 cm in width, and 2.7 cm in depth (2 1/2 by 1/2 by 1 1/16 inches). It forms part of the Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- White jade
- Dimensions
- 6.4 × 3.8 × 2.7 cm (2 1/2 × 1/2 × 1 1/16 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- China
- Place recorded
- China
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle
- Museum object number
- 1925.1265
Catalogue references
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