Snuff bottle: MAR.O.283 & A-1912

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Ye, Zhongsan

Entities

Snuff bottle

Categories

Snuff bottles

Description

Quartz crystal painted inside with an equestrian traveller and attendant in snowy landscape, the reverse with travellers outside a lodge in snowy landscape. Signed 'Ye Zhongsan', dated 1906. The poem on the glass can be translated as:
"The stone bridge slopes because of the wind and snow all day
This old fellow is riding on a donkey and looking for an inn
His world isloated from the war outside
And goes to the see the plum flowers on the Wolong Gang"

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.9 cm
Width: 5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Qing Dynasty
1760 CE - 1880 CE

Materials used in production

Techniques used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.283 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168782
Snuff bottle list: M.113
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 16 February 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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