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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a flaring rim surmounts a rounded rectangular cylindrical body tapering towards a circular base. Body presents a continuous multi-coloured design of three figures playing with balls. Base exhibits mark of Hongxian (1916 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/177">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One plain white glass snuff bottle. A short neck surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering at the bottom to an oval-shaped base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.<br />
]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/178">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body with a circular base. Neck ringed with abstract design of dots and crosses. Body presents a continuous design of adults and children playing in a garden. Base exhibits incised pattern of concentric circles.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/179">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One face presents a multi-coloured design of a mounted warrior leading a dog; the other side presents a multi-coloured design of a figure standing in front of a camel.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/180">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One ceramic snuff bottle glazed in various hues. In the form of a bare-chested robed figure with its left hand on its breast and its right hand grasping the handle of a paddle-shaped instrument slung over its shoulder. Metal stopper moulded in the shape of a crown.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/181">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed red-brown black and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body presents continuous pattern of three figures in a fenced garden landscape.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/182">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide flaring neck surmounts a flattened oval-shaped body tapering towards an... base. One interior face presents a painted scene of a seated female figure in a garden; the other interior face presents a painted scene of figures mounted on horses. Short sides exhibit moulded...]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/213">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Body presents continuous garden landscape design.<br />
<br />
White ground, fisherman with red, river, trees, houses, mountains, in blue. Cylindrical.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/214">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body presents continuous multi-coloured design of eighteen figures. Base exhibits mark of Daoguang (1821-1850 AD) in red-brown glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/215">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One imitation realgar glass snuff bottle. Yellow vein on neck and shoulders. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened oval-shaped body tapering towards the base.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/216">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a body oval-shaped in the coronal plane and octagonal in the transverse plane tapering towards a circular base. Neck ringed with eight dots. Each body face presents a vertically-disposed botanical design. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/217">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated rectangular body  square in the transverse plane with a square base. Neck exhibits four swastika patterns. Body presents continuous design of a dancing figure in a garden landscape.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/218">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue red-brown green black and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened pear-shaped body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body exhibits continuous design of dragon and waves and/or clouds. Base exhibits mark of Daoguang (1821-1850 AD) in red-brown glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/221">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A narrow neck flaring slightly to an out-turned beaded rim surmounts a rounded rectangular body. Lower half of body presents a continuous multi-coloured design of a mounted warrior; body shoulders present continuous multi-coloured design of a dragon and clouds.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/222">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle in the form of a black-eyed squirrel.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/223">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body and a circular base. Neck ringed with botanical pattern. Body exhibits continuous design of a dragon and a phoenix. Base presents Qilin motif.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Likely carried to New Zealand by Trevor Gebbie, who visited Beijing in 1958 and was given objects by Alley, including snuff bottles, to deliver to Canterbury Museum. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/224">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body with a circular base. Body presents a continuous design of figures walking and riding through a garden landscape.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/226">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded rim surmounts an elongated rounded rectangular cylindrical body with high shoulders tapering sharply inwards towards a slightly out-turned circular base. Neck ringed with <em>ruyi</em> pattern. Body presents a continuous design of figures dancing and playing in a garden landscape. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/323">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle resembling a bed pan. A short wide neck with a beaded rim sits on one end of a boat-shaped body with a moulded ribbon-shaped handle on its upper surface and a flat approximately oval-shaped base. Interior of neck glazed sky blue. Upper side of handle glazed in a red-brown and gold botanical pattern. Long sides of body present multi-coloured designs of figures and huts in garden landscapes. Short sides of body exhibit multi-coloured botanical motifs.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/324">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed ceramic snuff bottle in the form of two smiling open-robed figures standing side-by-side on an eight-sided base. Each figure has black hair white skin and red lips and presents a small hole in the top of its head. Figures wear robes coloured red-brown and blue-green.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/325">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed ceramic snuff bottle in the shape of a human figure with white skin black hair and red lips wearing blue-green pink yellow and orange garments open at the front.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/602">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic stuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened elongated round rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One face presents a multi-coloured design of a bird and plants; the other face presents a black and green design of a winged insect and foliage.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/603">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white two-part ceramic snuff bottle. Each section comprises a short narrow neck surmounting an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Each body cylinder presents continuous multi-coloured design of figures engaged in various activities. Bases exhibit mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/753">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Neck ringed with ruyi design. Body faces present a continuous design of figures silhouetted against a geometric meander pattern. Short sides exhibit botanical motifs. Base presents mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD). ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/754">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One carved silhouette agate snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cylinder and narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One face is almost flat; the other face presents a slightly convex sagittal cross section with a yellow-gold outline design of a figure in a boat catching a fish. Pale green stopper mounted in a silver collar.]]></dcterms:description>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/755">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cone tapering to a narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Interior face presents a painted scene of figures in garden landscape. On one face shoulders exhibit characters 漁樵耕讀 京師薛少甫 (fisherman woodman farmer and scholar by Xue Shaofu from Beijing).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/756">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed black gold and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a slightly flaring rim surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering slightly at the bottom to a circular base. Body presents continuous design of figures houses and landscape motifs outlined in gold on white with remaining ground glazed black. Base exhibits mark of Daoguang Emperor (1821-1850 AD) in red-brown glaze. Plain green stopper and collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/757">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Each face presents a grasshopper design glazed green brown and gold. Base exhibits mark of Daoguang Emperor (1821-1850 AD) in red-brown glaze. Plain hermispherical red stopper with green finial and green collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/758">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One blue and white glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated rounded rectangular cylindrical body tapering towards a circular base. Body presents decoration of ten squatting figures with an eleventh squatting figure on the base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/759">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One Sang de boeuf glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounted a flattened spade-shaped body tapering towards an oval-shaped base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/760">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue green red-brown purple and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded rim surmounts an elongated cylindrical body flaring outwards slightly towards a circular base. Body presents a continuous design of two robed seated figures playing a board game whilst a third smaller figure serves tea. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD) in orange glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/761">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One face presents a design depicting two figures under a tree in the company of a cormorant and a tortoise; the other face presents a pattern of twelve circles containing various animals disposed in two rings of six circles each around a central squared circle motif. The circles in the outer ring are interleaved with six <em>ruyi</em> motifs.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/762">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One crackle glazed rose pink ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck flaring out to a beaded rim surmounts an elongated rounded rectangular body with high shoulders tapering towards an out-turned circular base. Plain white hemispherical stopper and red-brown collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/763">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded rim surmounts an elongated cylindrical body flaring outwards slightly towards a circular base. Neck and base embellished with doubled blue rings. Body presents a continuous botanical design. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/764">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One crackle glazed light brown and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a slightly flared rim surmounts an elongated cylindrical body with a circular base. Body presents a continuous multi-coloured design of a figure in a boat and a palm tree.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/765">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue red and white ceramic snuff bottle. A narrow neck with a beaded rim surmounts an elongated rounded rectangular cylindrical body tapering towards a circular base. Body presents a continuous design of robed figures banners and a stone gate bearing Chinese characters.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/766">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cylinder and narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Interior face presents a continuous painted landscape in black brown and blue pigment. One face exhibits characters 石古帶煙霞 (clouds and mists surrounding the mountain stones); the other face presents characters 甲午七月周樂元 (Zhou Leyuan in the year of Jia Wu beginning 1894). Plain hemispherical orange stopper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/767">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cone tapering to a narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Interior face presents a continuous painted scene of a landscape with a horse house and trees. Face depicting horse exhibits characters 癸卯中夏月作 (painted in the summer of the year Gui Mao beginning 1843 or 1903). Plain stopper and spoon.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/768">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cone tapering to a narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. One interior face presents a painted scene of trees and houses in a landscape with characters 丁酉三月寫 (painted in the year of Ding You beginning 1897). The other interior face presents a painted scene of plant pots and miniature trees.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/769">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. In the form of a green-eyed squirrel clutching a bunch of grapes.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/770">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One Sang de boeuf glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a flaring rim surmounts an elongated body with high rounded shoulders tapering inwards towards an outward-flaring circular base.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/771">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white two-part ceramic snuff bottle. Each section comprises a short narrow neck with a beaded lip surmounting a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders tapering slightly towards a circular base. Each neck ringed with <em>ruyi</em> pattern. Each body cylinder presents continuous landscape design of mountains trees houses and figures in boats.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/772">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue red and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded lip surmounts conical shoulders on an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Neck ringed with geometric T-shaped pattern. Shoulders exhibit floral motifs enmeshed in pattern of linked triangles and criss-crossing lines. Body presents garden landscape design in which two warriors duel with swords whilst two other figures look on. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/773">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck with a flaring rim surmounts a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Neck ringed with <em>ruyi</em> pattern. Body presents continuous design of a figure fishing in a garden landscape. Base exhibits mark 玩玉 (literally 'play jade').]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/774">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One crackle glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Neck ringed with ruyi design. Body presents continuous design of mounted hunters and attendants passing by an arched stone gate bearing the Chinese characters 得勝門 (Gate of Victory). Just below the shoulders on one side of the bottle are four Chinese characters 旗旗得勝 meaning &#039;Victory always!&#039; &#039;Success!&#039; or &#039;Good hunting!&#039;]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/775">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Body presents continuous design of two figures in a garden landscape.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/776">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue red yellow-green and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck with a flaring beaded lip surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering slightly towards a circular base. Shoulders ringed with design interleaving cloud forms and <em>ruyi</em> patterns. Body presents twelve figurative scenes organised in three tiers of four accompanied in each case by Chinese characters. Base exhibits flowers and flying insect.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/777">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a rounded rectangular cylindrical body tapering towards a circular base. Body presents a continuous design of a landscape featuring two seated figures the rightmost of which gestures towards a third figure steering a boat. Details of rocks and tree foliage glazed red and green. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/778">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck with a beaded lip surmounts a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders tapering slightly towards a circular base. Neck decorated with a band of rounded diamond shapes. Body presents continuous design of dragons clouds and waves. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD). Disc shaped glazed blue and white ceramic stopper with a bone spoon and a floral pattern on its upper surface. ]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/779">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck with a beaded lip surmounts a cylindrical body with rounded shoulders tapering slightly towards a circular base. Neck decorated with a band of rounded diamond shapes. Body presents a continuous design of dragons clouds and waves. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/780">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Each short side presents a moulded <em>taotie</em> design. Neck ringed with botanical pattern. Body presents continuous landscape design with figures houses mountains and trees. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/781">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow slightly tapered neck surmounts an elongated narrow cylindrical body flaring outwards slightly at the shoulders and inwards at the very bottom towards a circular base. Body presents black-coloured incised continuous design of a garden landscape. Plain disc-shaped green stopper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/782">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow slightly tapered neck surmounts a rounded rectangular cylindrical body tapering slightly towards a circular base. Neck ringed with <em>ruyi</em> fungal pattern. Body presents continuous design of seven monkeys in a landscape. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/783">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow  neck with an out-turned lip surmounts a flattened pear-shaped body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body presents a continuous design in various colours. One face depicts two diminutive figures in a hilly landscape with trees and houses; the other side presents an animal crouching on a rock beneath a spray of peonies and bamboo and a flying insect above. Base exhibits mark of Kangxi Emperor (1661-1722 AD) in orange glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/784">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a beaded lip surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom to a circular base. Body presents a continuous botanical design extending from shoulders to base. Base underside presents a fisherman motif.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/785">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a slightly out-turned lip surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body presents a continuous moulded design of figures houses and landscape motifs glazed in various hues. Metal stopper with elaborate beading and seven inset pieces of coloured glass. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD) in orange glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/786">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck surmounts a flattened spade-shaped body pinched at the waist and tapering thereafter towards an oval-shaped base. Rim and lip glazed gold. Body presents multi-coloured continuous design of two figures in a garden landscape. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/787">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One white glass snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattended circular body tapering to an oval-shaped base. Overlay carved in continuous pattern of flying bats.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/788">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Each short side presents a moulded <em>taotie</em> design. Bottle body glazed in continuous botanical pattern. Base exhibits mark of Chenghua (1464-1487 AD) but likely made in 19th or 20th century.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/789">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened pear-shaped body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Each face presents a glazed orange moulded fish design. Each short side presents a moulded <em>taotie</em> design. Plain orange stopper in the form of a flat horizontal disc and vertical ring-shaped finial. Glazed blue base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD) in orange glaze.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/790">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One frosted glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cone tapering to a narrow opening surmounts a flattened spade-shaped body turning inwards towards an oval-shaped base. A moulded lip defines boundary between shoulders and lower body. Interior presents continuous painted scene of figures in a landscape. Shoulder sections of each face exhibit Chinese inscriptions 百子圖 京師薛少甫 (Picture of Hundred Children by Xue Shaofu from Peking) and 於甲子仲春月 (in the spring of the sixty year cycle of Jia Zi beginning 1864 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/791">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body decorated in a continuous botanical pattern in pale green pink yellow and blue glazes. Plain pink hemispherical glass stopper and white spoon.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/792">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One grey-white chalcedony snuff bottle. Darker grey-flecked vein. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened pear-shaped body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Upper part of short sides present carved <em>taotie</em> designs. Plain hemispherical orange stopper with black collar and bone spoon.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/793">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One dark brown wooden snuff bottle. A short neck surmounts a flattened rectangular body with rounded shoulders tapering slightly towards the base. Faces inset with rectangular ivory plaques cut out at the corners. Each plaque presents an incised coloured design of figures in a landscape. Plain white conical ivory stopper with a finial and spoon.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/794">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One red lacquer snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened approximately circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body presents intricate continuous relief carving of robed figures in a garden landscape. Plain hemispherical orange stopper with a yellow glass collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/795">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One brown wooden snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Body exhibits streaked pattern. Brown wooden hemispherical stopper with darker brown mottling attached to a dark brown wooden collar and spoon.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/796">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a flared lip surmounts a flattened spade-shaped body tapering towards a rectangular base. Dominant glaze colours are red-brown and white. Lip glazed gold as are the boundaries of each face. Neck and short sides exhibit red-brown woodgrain pattern. Faces are glazed in various hues and present solitary figures in garden landscapes. Base exhibits mark: 房山雲彤 (Mount Fang red cloud). Plain hemispherical orange stopper and red-brown glass collar. Spoon is missing.<br />
]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/797">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One imitation realgar glass snuff bottle. Yellow-gold vein. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened body carved in the form of a double gourd shape the lower lobe of which tapers towards an oval-shaped base. One side presents two Chinese characters 大古 (big ancient). Hemispherical peach-orange stopper.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/798">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Neck ringed with a botanical design. Main body presents a continuous design of figures dancing and playing music.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/799">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed red-brown and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck with a slightly out-turned lip surmounts an elongated cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. One side of the body presents a large design of a warrior drawing a sword; the other side presents a small bat motif. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong Emperor (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum by Alley in 1937 during a visit to New Zealand. In 1956, loaned to the Rewi Alley Chinese Art and Crafts Exhibition, held at the Provincial Council Chambers, Christchurch. ]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/800">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed yellow and black ceramic snuff bottle. A short wide neck with a flared lip surmounts a cylindrical body rectangular in cross-section with rounded shoulders tapering towards a circular base. Body decorated with freely-executed dragon-like motifs. Base exhibits mark of Yongzheng Emperor (1723-1735 AD). Brass stopper moulded in the form of a dragon with an ivory spoon attached.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Gifted to Canterbury Museum during Alley&#039;s visit to Christchurch in late 1971.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1077">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One white glass snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened pear-shaped body tapering towards the base. Overlay carved in continuous pattern of red leaves and fruit. Intricately carved peach-coloured coral stopper and yellow glass collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[One of a consignment carried to New Zealand in 1957 by George Jackson of Auckland, and from Auckland to Christchurch by Jack Locke, including 22 snuff bottles.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1078">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a long cylindrical body tapering at the bottom towards a circular base. Dominant glaze colours are blue and white with touches of pink red-brown and green. Upper shoulders and neck ringed with geometric patterns. Cylindrical body presents continuous design of figures in a mountainous landscape. Base outer circumference exhibits <em>ruyi</em> pattern.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1079">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened spade-shaped body tapering towards a narrow rectangular base. Gold glaze rings bottle rim and defines boundary of each face. Short sides and neck present glazed blue and white botanical designs. Faces decorated with multi-coloured designs of figures in exterior scenes. Base exhibits mark of Qianlong (1736-1796 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1080">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One glazed blue and white ceramic snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened circular body tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Rim ringed with botanical pattern. Body presents a continuous design of people engaged in a range of activities from cooking and carpentry to textile work and making music. Short sides exhibit serpentine dragon motifs. Base exhibits mark of Shunzhi Emperor (1643-1661 AD).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1082">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One pale green jade snuff bottle. A short narrow neck surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body with high shoulders tapering towards an oval-shaped base. Short sides exhibit carved <em>taotie</em> designs. Plain hemispherical pink stopper and green collar.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Given by Alley in 1957 to poet R.A.K. Mason (1905-1971) to carry to Canterbury Museum.<br />
]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1159">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One amber-coloured glass snuff bottle. A short wide neck with an inner cone tapering to a narrow opening surmounts a flattened rounded rectangular body tapering at the bottom towards an oval-shaped base. One interior face presents a painted scene of birds and foliage; the other interior face presents a painted scene of a dog in a garden.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Mrs Annette Sievwright]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:provenance><![CDATA[Part of small collection given by Alley to H.M. Sievwright during his visit to Gansu in 1947, delivering Corriedale sheep from New Zealand to the Shandan Bailie School. Gifted by Mrs A. Sievwright, of Timaru, to Canterbury Museum in 1975.]]></dcterms:provenance>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1187">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One ceramic barrel-shaped snuff bottle without stopper. White ground with 18 children in blue and red playing games beneath a tree. Boat on bottom.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Rewi Alley]]></dcterms:source>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/1194">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Bottle: snuff]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[One snuff bottle. Painted on inside.]]></dcterms:description>
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