Snuff bottle painted with flowers and foliate scrolls, Unknown
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuff bottle painted with flowers and foliate scrolls is held by Chester Beatty (Ireland), attributed to Unknown. Description supplied by the holding institution: Porcelain snuff bottle with flowers and foliate scrolls painted in underglaze blue, by an unknown artist made in the 18th or 19th century in Jingdezhen, China.
Four-character mark painted in underglaze blue on base of snuff bottle. The collection record gives material recorded as Porcelain; measurements 73 mm (height). Published through Europeana; 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
- Porcelain
- Dimensions
- 73 mm (height)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1100/743
- Museum attribution
- Unknown
- Museum object name
- Snuff bottle painted with flowers and foliate scrolls
- 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
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