Snuff Bottle
81-23-117A
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 81-23-117A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Glass | Amethyst |
| Description | An "old" pendant bored out to resemble a snuff (A) bottle, although it could never serve as one because snuff would spill through the pendant hole. Glass counterfeiting archaic jade. An amethyst pendant from a "mandarin chain" serving as a (B) stopper. It has a wooden (C) stand. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981 |
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