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Porcelain snuff bottle enameled with paneled figural and floral scenes,
1780–1820

Chinese

Qing dynasty, 1644–1912 | Qianlong reign period, 1736–1795 | Jiaqing reign period, 1796–1820

y1936-889.1

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Title

Porcelain snuff bottle enameled with paneled figural and floral scenes

Dates

1780–1820

Medium

Porcelain with enamels and gilt

Dimensions

6.2 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm

Credit Line

Bequest of Col. James A. Blair

Object Number

y1936-889.1

Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription

period seal on bottom

Marks/Labels/Seals

Qianlong four character iron-red seal on the bottom (late in the period according to Hughes)

Culture

Chinese

Period

Jiaqing

Type

famille rose, snuff bottles

Materials

enamel, gilding, porcelain

Subject

daisies, floral patterns, blue, figures (representations)

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), Qianlong reign period (1736–1795), Jiaqing reign period (1796–1820), Porcelain snuff bottle enameled with paneled figural and floral scenes, 1780–1820. Porcelain with enamels and gilt; 6.2 cm. Bequest of Col. James A. Blair (y1936-889.1) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/20831

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