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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Snuff bottle
Date Made:20th century
Type:Container
Materials:Hard-paste porcelain, coral, glass, ivory
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:3 1/4 in (without stopper)
Accession Number:  MH 1986.33.330
Credit Line:Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Cylindrical painted porcelain bottle with square shoulders. It has a household design of a grasshopper, carrots, celery, and bats in two shades of green and rust painting. Coral stopper with red glass collar; old ivory spoon.

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1986.33.330

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