Snuff Bottle with Doves and Pekingese Dogs
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1820–1850
This vessel is a Chinese snuff bottle produced between 1820 and 1850 during the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Made of Yixing stoneware, the bottle measures 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm (2 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 1 1/16 in.) and features a flattened, rounded body that rises to a short neck, supported by an oval foot rim. It is fitted with a rounded stopper set within a metallic collar.
The exterior surface of the reddish-brown stoneware body is adorned with slip decoration. In accordance with its title, the pictorial scene includes Pekingese dogs depicted alongside doves, with one dog detailed in contrasting black and light-toned slip in the foreground against faint landscape and floral elements, including a small winged insect above them.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Yixing stoneware with slip decoration
- Dimensions
- 5.7 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm (2 1/4 × 1 7/8 × 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
- Snuff Bottle with Doves and Pekingese Dogs
- Museum object number
- 1961.1214
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.