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Snuff Bottle with European Figures
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About this work
Snuff bottles were introduced from Europe to China around the 1700s to hold portable snuff or medicine.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSnuff Bottle with European Figures (鼻煙壺), 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Painted enamel on copper; overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1991.126
