Snuff Bottle with Pair of Dragons
This bottle has been adapted for snuff with a very wide neck plus a matching stopper with a large cork and shovel-shaped ivory spoon. The vase itself is of iron-red decoration on a white ground and illustrates a pair of dragons seeking the flaming pearl. It is nicely exceuted....
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14298
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object
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normalized
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Mrs. Marvin E. Gantz, Sr., Denver, Colorado [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Shirley E. Gantz, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1999, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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10
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