Snuff Bottle

81-23-129A

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 81-23-129A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese | Daoist
Provenience China
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Glass
Iconography Li Tieguai | Daoist Immortal | Moon | Bat | Paradise Flycatcher | Fenghuang Bird | Dog | Rabbit
Description

A very fine snow flake glass with blue overlay. The motif is of Li Tieguai ( a Daoist Immortal ) holding a gourd, the vapor from the which produces a mirage of a pavillion; the moon on a cloud; a flying bat; a flying paradise catcher. Reverse: a tree with a flying feng-huang bird. Below it a dog chases a rabbit. Lion birds with wings on shoulders.

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

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