Melon-shaped snuff bottle carved with butterfly, Unknown
Record status
Individual type · partial
Melon-shaped snuff bottle carved with butterfly, Unknown is held by Chester Beatty. Museum description: Jadeite melon-shaped snuff bottle carved with butterfly, by an unknown artist made between 1790-1880 in China. The museum record gives material recorded as Jadeite; measurements 64 mm (height); place associated: China; maker recorded: Unknown. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Jadeite
- Dimensions
- 64 mm (height)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Unknown
- Place recorded
- China
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1100/1163
- Museum attribution
- Unknown
- Museum object name
- Melon-shaped snuff bottle carved with butterfly
- Holding institution
- Chester Beatty
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the holding institution and a specialist reference.