Antique Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle

Item Details

An antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle. This piece features a menagerie of gilt animals; including monkeys, horses, and lions, on a light blue background. The piece features a metal lid with glass cabochon accent to top. Chinese characters 乾隆年制 are present to underside of bottle. 1938.0114.a & b

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

- wear consistent with age.
- several chips to bottle.
- museum ID present to underside of lid.

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-165