Snuff Bottle
maker
Unknown
Date1736-1795
Place MadeChina, East Asia
MediumEnameled and painted porcelain
Dimensions6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsVessels
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberU18e68.a-b
eMuseum ID723626
Previous NumberU18e68
EmbARK ObjectID15412
Previous Number492.1
Previous NumberU18e55.1
TMS Source ID3980
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotes
Yasuko Horioka. "Chinese Snuff Bottles." Fenway Court (1971), pp. 28, 30, fig. 6. (as Chinese, dated early 19th century)
Yasuko Horioka et al. Oriental and Islamic Art: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1975), pp. 30-32, 34, no. 10f.
Alan Chong and Noriko Murai. Journeys East: Isabella Stewart Gardner and Asia. Exh. cat. (Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2009), pp. 446-47, fig. 8.
Victoria Kitirattragarn, “Mesmerizing and Masterful Miniatures: History and Treatment of Snuff Bottles,” Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 September 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/mesmerizing-and-masterful-miniatures-history-and-treatment-snuff-bottles
MarksNotesSeal in red (bottom): Ch'ien-lung nien chih [made in the reign of Ch'ien-lung]
ProvenanceNotesPossibly purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner in Peking (Beijing), 26 September 1883.
