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Source Description
This unusual meatllic brown jarlet has a matte iron-rust type glaze with a deep and even brownish-gray color suffused with suspended particles of a silvery tone. The base is also glazed and the undressed foot reveals the hard white porcelain.
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Document identity
localId
13887
label
Snuff Bottle in the Form of a Miniature Vase
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object
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Source metadata
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13887
sourceUrl
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object
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normalized
title
Snuff Bottle in the Form of a Miniature Vase
description
This unusual meatllic brown jarlet has a matte iron-rust type glaze with a deep and even brownish-gray color suffused with suspended particles of a silvery tone. The base is also glazed and the undressed foot reveals the hard white porcelain.
provenance
Mineral Arts and Antiques [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hoffman, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1983, by gift.
date
18th-19th century
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
genreSpecific
snuff bottles
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1
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
porcelain with mottled iron-brown glaze
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6238
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CHN
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76
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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