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Source Description
Snuff bottles were introduced from Europe to China around the 1700s to hold portable snuff or medicine.
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Document identity
localId
155803
label
Snuff Bottle with European Figures
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
155803
contentType
object
title
Snuff Bottle with European Figures
description
Snuff bottles were introduced from Europe to China around the 1700s to hold portable snuff or medicine.
date
1736–95
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79944232
genreSpecific
Enamel
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95)
accession
1991.126
Source extras
tec
painted enamel on copper
tombstone
Snuff Bottle with European Figures (鼻煙壺), 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong mark and reign (1736-95). Painted enamel on copper; overall: 7.4 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin, 1991.126
titleInOriginalLanguage
鼻煙壺
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
乾隆年製
inscription_translation
Qianlong nian zhi (Made in the reign of Qianlong)
didYouKnow
The stopper is decorated with bats, which traditionally symbolize good luck, since both words (蝠 and 福) are both pronounced as <em>fu</em> in Chinese.
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 80, no. 2, 1993, pp. 38–79.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 79, no. 437
citation
Von Spee, Clarissa. "Art In New Dimensions: Chinese Miniature and Small Objects at the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia </em>52, no. 4 (Winter 2022): 117-121.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 121, fig. 11
citation
Von Spee, Clarissa. “China through the Magnifying Glass: Miniature and small objects in detail.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 62, no. 4 (December 2022): 14-16.
page_number
Reproduced: P. 15; Mentioned: P. 16.
creditline
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin
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4251487410334d168c7e1f6d8113c703
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2026-06-18 21:16:01.286000
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155803
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Chinese Art
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China - Qing Dynasty
med
painted enamel on copper
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