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Snuff bottle painted with Eight Horses of Muwang, Unknown

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Snuff bottle painted with Eight Horses of Muwang is held by Chester Beatty (Ireland), attributed to Unknown. Description supplied by the holding institution: Porcelain snuff bottle with Eight Horses of Muwang painted in underglaze copper-red and blue, by an unknown artist made between 1820-1880 in Jingdezhen, China.

The collection record gives material recorded as Porcelain; measurements 76 mm (height). Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Porcelain
Dimensions
76 mm (height)

Identification

Europeana id
/1100/753
Museum attribution
Unknown
Museum object name
Snuff bottle painted with Eight Horses of Muwang
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.

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