Snuff bottle painted with shishi and ball among clouds, Unknown
Record status
Individual type · partial
Snuff bottle painted with shishi and ball among clouds is held by Chester Beatty (Ireland), attributed to Unknown. Description supplied by the holding institution: Porcelain snuff bottle with shishi and ball among clouds painted in underglaze blue, by an unknown artist made in the 18th or 19th century in Jingdezhen, China. The collection record gives material recorded as Porcelain; measurements 79 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
- 79 mm (height)
Identification
- Europeana id
- /1100/745
- Museum attribution
- Unknown
- Museum object name
- Snuff bottle painted with shishi and ball among clouds
- 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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