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Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle with a Butterfly, Trailing Tendrils, and Fruit Branches

A somewhat translucent jade bottle with a pink stone lid, its stone carved deeply into a winding mass of tubular and leaf-shaped forms.
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  • A somewhat translucent jade bottle with a pink stone lid, its stone carved deeply into a winding mass of tubular and leaf-shaped forms.

Date:

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1750–1800

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Gourd-Shaped Snuff Bottle with a Butterfly, Trailing Tendrils, and Fruit Branches

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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1750–1800

Medium

Green jade (nephrite) with carved decoration

Dimensions

6.7 × 3.3 cm (2 5/8 × 1 5/16 in.); Diam.: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.1276

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