Chinese Artist
Snuff Bottle, n.d.
Ivory
2 3/16 in. x 1 11/16 in. (5.56 cm x 4.29 cm)
Creation Place:
Asia, Chinese
Technique:
Carving
Credit Line:
Gift of Clinton N. Laird
Accession Number:
P61.8.275
Commentary
Four-sided ivory bottle narrowing toward base. Obverse: old scholar seated at a desk; olive green background. Reverse: a man with a staff, a house, the sea with waves- on a red background. Characters on base.
Provenance
Acquired 1/26/37 from a shop on Motomachi, Yokohama, Japan
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
Ivory and Bone Bottles,
Ivory and Bone Carving,
Male Figures,
Poetry,
Scholars,
Smoking and Tobacco Use,
Snuff,
Snuff Bottles
- Ivory and Bone Bottles
- Ivory and Bone Carving
- Male Figures
- Poetry
- Scholars
- Smoking and Tobacco Use
- Snuff
- Snuff Bottles
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Art, Object, Specimen Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College , 1/4/2021 - 10/3/2021
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