Snuff Bottle

81-23-123

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 81-23-123
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 19th Century - 20th Century
Section Asian
Materials Carnelian
Iconography Li Tieguai | Peony | Cicada | Boy
Description

A flattened shaped carnelian bottle. The motif is of Li Tieguai with his magic gourd. The reverse side is a tree peony with a bird on a branch and a cicada on the rock below it. The top has a little boy.

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981

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