Glass Snuff Bottle Painted Inside with a Bird, Blossoms, Cauldron and Corroded Rock
Artist
Guan Yutian
(Chinese)
Date1895
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: glass; pigments; jadeite; coral?; stone
DimensionsOverall (Height measurement includes the stopper): 7.5 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Helen Sawyer
Object number2004.007.013 a,b
DescriptionInside painted glass bottle is rectangular with facetted shoulders and sides, straight neck and tapering chamfered footrim. Inside image consists of a bird on a blossoming branch next to a corroded rock on one side and with a sprig of plum blossom next to a cauldron on the other side. Top of stopper is rounded pink material with a ring of green jadeite at its base and small clear stone in centre. Body is a flattened rectangle with bevelled shoulders and bottom sides. It has a small recessed foot.Colour: clear;brown;black;orange;green
Status
Not on view
Tang Zichuan
