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Snuff bottle: O.144 & A-1946

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels on a coral ground and moulded both back and front with shou lao, the star god of longevity, with a deer, ling zhi fungus and a bat. The base has the remains of a Ch'ien Lung mark.

Legal notes

Oscar Raphael Bequest 1941, received 1946

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.2 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Raphael, Oscar C.

Dating

Ch’ien Lung, 1736-95
1736 - 1795

Materials used in production

Enamels
Porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Enamelling

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.144 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 168578
Oscar Raphael: 26
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 12 August 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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