Bottle: snuff

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.

Rewi Alley

17x34x69mm (l x w x h)

C1957.466

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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD)