Snuff bottle with stopper

CultureChinese

Date20th century

MediumTortoise shell and agate

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 5/8 inches (6.99 × 4.45 × 1.6 cm)

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

Object numberF98-32/151

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East Asian Art

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DescriptionFlattened rectangular-shaped tortoise-shell bottle carved on narrow edges with bamboo trees and inside painted with multicolored figures of men and women in a terrace scene, tortoise-shell collar, beige agate stopper.

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