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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Snuff bottle
Date Made:late 19th century
Type:Container
Materials:Silver, nephrite (jade), amber, ivory
Place Made:Asia; China
Accession Number:  MH 1986.33.303
Credit Line:Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Silver bottle with chased design of panels of flowers. The back is a nephrite (jade) panel using the "skin" colored by iron. Amber stopper; ivory scoop.

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