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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Chinese
Title:Snuff bottle with garden scene
Date Made:19th century (Qing dynasty)
Type:Container
Materials:Hard-paste porcelain, ivory, jadeite (jade); underglaze blue and feldspathic glaze
Place Made:Asia; China
Measurements:Overall: 2 11/16 in x 1 11/16 in x 1 3/16 in; 6.8 cm x 4.3 cm x 3 cm; Base: 13/16 in x 1 11/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 2.1 cm x 4.3 cm x 3.3 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1986.33.321
Credit Line:Bequest of Josephine Purtscher Fellows (Class of 1924)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Blue and white porcelain snuff bottle with design of a garden scene of servants and a scholar. Jadeite (jade) stopper; ivory scoop.

Label Text:
In the form of a tiny heart shape, this snuff bottle exemplifies the famous blue and white technique with freehand depictions of a scholar and his attendants. The stopper and the spoon are made of different materials—jadeite and ivory.

Subjects:
glaze (coating by location); Porcelain

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