Glass snuff bottle
Snuff bottles
China
Subject/design:
Illustration of the Ode to the Red Cliffs by Su Dongpo
Materials:
Single red overlay on snowflake glass, orange glass stopper on a yellow glass collar, ivory spoon
Date:
Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1740-1800
Size:
height 6.2 cm, length 5 cm
Place of origin:
China, imperial palace workshops, Peking
Artist:
Unknown
Comments:
Su Dongpo or Su Shi (1037-1101) was a famous scholar and poet of the Northern Song (960-1127).
Inventory number:
CB.TA.1964.83
Copyright:
Baur Fondation
Photographer:
Marian Gérard