Melon-Shaped Snuff Bottle with Trailing Leaves and a Butterfly

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Melon-Shaped Snuff Bottle with Trailing Leaves and a Butterfly

Place

China (Artist's nationality)

Date

1740–1800

Medium

White nephrite with carved decoration

Dimensions

6.2 × 3.9 × 2.7 cm (2 7/16 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. Shaw, Jr. Collection

Reference Number

1961.1369

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