Spade-Shaped Snuff Bottle
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1800–1900
This object is a spade-shaped Chinese snuff bottle dating to the Qing dynasty, between 1800 and 1900. It measures 5.1 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm (2 × 1 13/16 × 1 1/16 in.) and was created in China. The body features a rounded, spade-like profile with a short cylindrical neck, and it is topped by a rounded, domed pink stopper.
The vessel is fashioned from emerald and apple green jadeite. The surface displays natural variations of the stone, showing mottled patterns and transitions between lighter pale green tones and vivid, deeper emerald-green patches across its polished, undecorated exterior.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The bottle is part of the Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Emerald and apple green jadeite
- Dimensions
- 5.1 × 4.6 × 2.7 cm (2 × 1 13/16 × 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
- Spade-Shaped Snuff Bottle
- Museum object number
- 1925.1268
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.