Snuff bottle
Place of OriginKyoto, Japan; Kyoto
Date1750-1850
MaterialsLacquer with soapstone, pearl, coral, and mother-of-pearl inlay
DimensionsH. 4 1/8 in x W. 2 5/8 in Diam. 3/4 in, H. 10.4 cm x W. 6.5 cm x Diam. 3/4 cm
Credit LineTransfer from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Bequest of Isabella M. Cowell
Object numberB81M7
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
On View
On viewLocation
- Gallery Location Gallery 17
Markings乾隆年製
Text EntriesThe theme of children among lotus implies a wish for sons and grandsons to live in harmony.
Japan went into the business of producing Chinese-style snuff bottles because of the high demand from European collectors. Scholarship in the past twenty years reveals such bottles to be Japanese rather than Chinese.
Subject
- tree
- lotus
- grandson
- boat
1800-1900
1800-1868
approx. 1868-1900
1615-1868
approx. 1800-1900
1700 - 1800
approx. 1300-1400
approx. 1800-1900
approx. 1800-1900
