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Snuff bottle: O.215 & A-1936

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Opaque white glass decorated with famille rose enamels and moulded with a continuous scene of a pheasant beside peonies and two quail beneath chrysanthemums in rocky landscape.
The base with the three-character mark guyuexuan (Ku Yueh Hsuan) in red enamel.

Legal notes

Reginald Cory Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1936) by Cory, Reginald R.

Dating

Qing Dynasty
1750 - 1850

Materials used in production

Enamels
Glass

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Enamelling

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Three-character mark guyuexuan (Ku Yueh Hsuan)
  • Method of creation: Red enamel
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.215 & A-1936
Primary reference Number: 168517
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 11 December 2015 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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