Snuff bottle with stopper

Artist Liu Shouben (Chinese)

MediumAmber glass and metal

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/4 × 2 3/16 × 1 1/8 inches (8.26 × 5.56 × 2.87 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Loomis family in memory of Mary Gary Loomis

Object numberF98-32/153 A,B

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DescriptionBottle inside painted with a woman playing a banjo in a boat among sea shrubs, with a 5-character 4-verse poem on one side and on reverse with a fisherman and attendant with a fish basket underneath a bamboo tree, signed Liu Shouben, Modern School, green collar, gold metal filigree stopper.

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