Snuff bottle with enamel-painted butterflies and relief taotie masks (?) / Artist Unknown, China
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1980/2.117
- Title
- Snuff bottle with enamel-painted butterflies and relief taotie masks (?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- porcelain with blue underglaze and overglaze enamel painting
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1821-1850
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Robert W. Coggan
- Inscription
- Tao-kuang four character mark and of the period.
- Dimensions
- 7.5 cm x 4.2 cm x 2 cm (2 15/16 in. x 1 5/8 in. x 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Primary Object Type
- snuff bottle
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Secondary Object Type
- bottle
- Physical Description
- Brass and enamel stopper.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- arthropods
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for personal use
- containers for smoking and tobacco use
- costume
- costume by function
- insects
- objects we use
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 715 x 827
- File Size
- 35 KB
- Record
- 1980/2.117
- Link to this Item
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"Snuff bottle with enamel-painted butterflies and relief taotie masks (?); Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1980-sl-2.117/1980_2.117.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
