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Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion,
1770–1860

Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1644–1912

y1936-820

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Title

Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion

Dates

1770–1860

Medium

Cloisonné and champlevé enamel

Dimensions

h. with stopper 6.2 cm., w. 4.7 cm., d. 2.2 cm. (2 7/16 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Col. James A. Blair

Object Number

y1936-820

Place Made

Asia, China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Qianlong

Type

cloisonné, snuff bottles

Materials

champlevé, enamel, cloisonné

Subject

iconography, medallions (ornament areas), dragons, blue, symbols, flowers (plants)

Snuff bottle

Michael C. Hughes, <em>The Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Art Museum</em> (Baltimore: The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, 2002), cat. 96, p. 95, illus.

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Chinese, Qing dynasty (1644–1912), Cloisonné and champlevé snuff bottle with stylized qilong surrounding a shou medallion, 1770–1860. Cloisonné and champlevé enamel; 6.2 x 4.7 x 2.2 cm. Bequest of Col. James A. Blair (y1936-820) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/20730?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=101

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