snuff bottle

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Figure 232: Snuff bottle, opaque whitish glass with red cut overlay, Chinese, 18th century. In the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Height 10.5 cm.

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pottery
19th and 20th centuries
Snuff bottles painted with miniature designs were first made toward the end of the 18th century, but most belong to the reign of the Jiajing (1796–1820) and Daoguang (1821–50) emperors. Bowls with circular medallions painted in overglaze colours with yellow or rose grounds are, perhaps,…
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Snuff bottles painted with miniature designs were first made toward the end of the 18th century, but most belong to the reign of the Jiajing (1796–1820) and Daoguang (1821–50) emperors. Bowls with circular medallions painted in overglaze colours with yellow or rose grounds are, perhaps,…
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