Glass snuff bottle. Painted inside with four vignettes, the front with a figure in a landscape and calligraphy, the reverse with a butterfly and an ornamental vessel by a rockery.
Attributed to Yen Yu-t'ien
Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay
Height: 6.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Qing Dynasty
1895
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1912
Accession number: MAR.C.157-1912
Primary reference Number: 206985
Snuff bottle list: M.21
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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