Snuff bottle in the form of gourd melon Artist: Unknown

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Medium

Porcelain with cobalt blue under clear glaze

Dimensions

With stopper: 2 15/16 × 1 15/16 × 6 3/8 in. (7.5 × 5 × 16.2 cm)
other (Height without stopper): 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Stopper and spoon: 1 × 2 5/8 in. (2.6 × 6.6 cm)
Stand: 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (1.5 × 3.7 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1955.4.129a-b

Geography
Culture
Period

Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Bequest of Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Object/Work type

snuff bottles

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