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Snuff Bottle Stopper2012.12.0002B (2012.12.0002B)
5.86 x 1.12 cm (.88 g)
Location: Asia, East: China
Period: Qianlong Period; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Personal Artifacts : Personal Gear : Smoking & Drug Equipment
Description: 6/28/2012: "An important Chinese bamboo veneer snuff bottle, Qianlong period, 18th century, attributed to the Imperial Workshops, Beijing, of flattened circular shape, termed a moon flask, with rounded shoulders sloping to a square neck and with a slightly averted mouth, each face applied and finely carved with a central shou character, flanked by a pair of archaistic bats encircled by a border of ruyi heads...
Period: Qianlong Period; 18th century
Classification/Nomenclature: Personal Artifacts : Personal Gear : Smoking & Drug Equipment
Description: 6/28/2012: "An important Chinese bamboo veneer snuff bottle, Qianlong period, 18th century, attributed to the Imperial Workshops, Beijing, of flattened circular shape, termed a moon flask, with rounded shoulders sloping to a square neck and with a slightly averted mouth, each face applied and finely carved with a central shou character, flanked by a pair of archaistic bats encircled by a border of ruyi heads...
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