Red Peking Glass Snuff Bottle
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: glass, red, Peking; silver; jadeite
DimensionsOverall: 7.6 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Hy Eiley
Object number2012.030.004 a,b
DescriptionOpaque red Peking glass bottle is roughly rectangular with rounded sides and shoulders. It is decorated with incised/carved designs of a peach on a branch with leaves on one side and a monkey and a peach on a branch on the other. The neck is encirled with a plain band of silver and the stopper is a dome shape in green jadeite.Status
Not on view
c. 1850
c. 1850