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Snuff Bottle with European Figures (stopper)
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Snuff Bottle with European Figures (stopper)

1736–95 or later · painted enamel on copper

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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 description
Credit lineSnuff Bottle with European Figures (stopper) (鼻煙壺), 1736–95 or later. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Painted enamel on copper. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1991.126.b
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