Yixing Ware Snuff Bottle with Landscape Scenes

Artist Yixing Ware

Place of ManufactureAsia

MediumMaterial: stoneware; glaze?; metal; stone, red

DimensionsOverall (height measurement includes the stopper): 5.4 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART

Credit LineGift of Carol Potter Peckham

Object number2010.017.005 a,b

Descriptionbottle has a rounded shaped body with tapered shoulders and neck, a flat rim, and a small foot at base. Beige coloured (glaze?) landscape scenes are on either side. One depicts a figure fishing from shore, a boat in the water, clouds and a tree. The other depicts a pagoda, tree, boat in water and clouds.

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