miniature)worlds:)chinese)stuff)bottles) september!2 ...€¦ · dragon!! p61.8.306!!! n.d.!...

Miniature Worlds: Chinese Stuff Bottles September 2 – December 22, 2014 Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, California

Miniature Worlds: Chinese Snuff Bottles Curated by Abigail Wang (PO ’15), Janet Inskeep Benton ’79 Curatorial/Research Intern Photography by Anthony Perna (PO ’17) Getty Multicultural Summer Intern Edited by James Parker Head (PO ’17), Janet Inskeep Benton ’79 Curatorial/Research Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP)

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n.d. Porcelain 2 3/8 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.81

1861-‐1875 Glass 2 ½ x 1 ½ in. Snuff bottle with insect over flower P61.8.197

n.d. Stone 2 3/16 x 1 ½ in. Snuff bottle with three flowers and leaves P61.8.200

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 9/16 x 1 ¾ in. Snuff bottle P61.8.220

n.d. Jade 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with poem and clouds P61.8.209

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 2 3/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.167

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 1 ¼ in. Snuff bottle P61.8.178

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 5/8 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.201


1875-‐1908 Glass 2 13/16 x 2 3/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.175

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/4 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.413

n.d. Gallbladder Agate 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.212

n.d. Jade 1 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.211

n.d. Stone 2 1/4 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.331

1735-‐1796 Jade 2 1/8 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.217


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1875-‐1908 Glass 2 5/16 x 2 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with beveled octagonal shape in pale lemon-‐yellow P61.8.207

n.d. Glass 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with double “hei” (happiness) character P61.8.226

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. Snuff bottle with a 24-‐character poem P61.8.177


n.d. Glass 2 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. Snuff bottle with insects and a spray of chrysanthemum P61.8.206



n.d. Crackle Porcelain 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.95

n.d. Jade 1 5/8 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle in pebble shape P61.8.205

n.d. Jade 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle in eggplant shape P61.8.259

n.d. Glass 2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with blue overlays of spray of leaves, flower, and bat P61.8.116

n.d. Glass 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in. Snuff bottle with man holding flower and standing on fish P61.8.198

n.d. Glass 2 1/2 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.216

n.d. Glass 2 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with “shau” (longevity) character flanked by two butterflies P61.8.227

1796-‐1850 Amber 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with small bird landing on tree branch P61.8.251


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n.d. Glass 2 1/4 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.256

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 13/16 x 7/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.242


n.d. Honey Agate 2 5/8 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.263

n.d. Stone 2 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.208

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 3/8 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with flower overlay P61.8.219

n.d. Jade 2 3/4 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.257

n.d. Glass 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with declivity P61.8.258


n.d. Glass 1 5/8 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with bust and inscription P61.8.262

n.d. Quartz 2 3/8 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with branch and two plum flowers P61.8.240

n.d. Wood 2 1/16 x 1 3/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.396

1861-‐1875 Glass 2 3/8 x 2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.247



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n.d. Amber 1 13/16 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.244

n.d. Amber 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with plant-‐shaped stopper P61.8.170

n.d. Quartz 2 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with small bamboo spray P61.8.243

n.d. Bone (Crane Bill?) 2 3/16 x 15/16 in. Snuff bottle with reeds, waves, and dragon P61.8.238

n.d. Horn 2 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with vine and insect P61.8.368

n.d. Quartz 2 7/16 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with bamboo stalk and stump P61.8.235

n.d. Quartz 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with small branch and two plum blossoms P61.8.421

n.d. Honey Agate 2 3/8 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with bats P61.8.260

n.d. Ivory and Metal 1 13/16 x 1 1/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.284

1875-‐1908 Mother of Pearl 1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with deer curled up beneath tree P61.8.272

n.d. Glass 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with vertical beaded texture P61.8.380


n.d. Amber, Quartz 2 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.190

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle with blades of grass and sprays of flowers P61.8.191



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1735-‐1796 Porcelain 2 1/2 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.400

n.d. Quartz 1 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with rings and occlusions P61.8.377

1820-‐1850 Porcelain 2 5/8 x 2 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with spray of leaves P61.8.71

n.d. Quartz 1 1/2 x 1 3/16 in. Snuff bottle with waves, fish, duck, frond, and lily P61.8.169

n.d. Unknown material 2 3/16 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with spray of three leaves, fruit, and squirrel P61.8.236

1875-‐1908 Mother of Pearl 2 11/16 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with old man with staff (“long life”) and bat P61.8.273

n.d. Mother of Pearl and Metal 1 11/16 x 1 in. Snuff bottle with gilded carved metal leaves P61.8.293

n.d. Shell 1 11/16 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with bat under leaf P61.8.283

n.d. Metal (Copper?) 2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.291

1875-‐1908 Sandalwood 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. Snuff bottle with duck and lotus plant P61.8.395


n.d. I Hing Brownware 2 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with meander (Greek key) pattern P61.8.390

1861-‐1875 I Hing Brownware 2 15/16 x 2 3/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.379

n.d. I Hing Brownware 2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.388



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n.d Brass, Rose Quartz 2 3/8 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with flower and leaves P61.8.279

n.d. Brass 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. Snuff bottle with dragon’s heads P61.8.288

1875-‐1908 Brass 2 3/16 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with dragon-‐shaped handles and chrysanthemums P61.8.289

n.d. Stone 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with cicada (reverse: beetle) P61.8.267


n.d. Brass 2 1/16 x 1 15/16 in. Snuff bottle with fifty-‐two raised, alternating “fuk” (good fortune) and “shau” (longevity) characters in seven vertical rows P61.8.268

1850-‐1911 Sandalwood 2 7/16 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with man holding pen and scroll P61.8.383

n.d. Stone 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with flying bat and dog with two tails P61.8.276

n.d. Stone 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with double “hei” (happiness) character P61.8.308


n.d. Lacquer on Wood 2 15/16 x 2 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with two birds and chrysanthemum P61.8.374

n.d. Lacquer on Wood 3 x 2 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with two men in landscape P61.8.372

n.d. Stone 2 1/4 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle with dragon P61.8.287

1820-‐1850 Stone 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with dragon P61.8.306

n.d. Quartz 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. Snuff bottle with sprays of irises, leaves, and flowers P61.8.182


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n.d Quartz 2 5/16 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.194


n.d. Entada Bean 2 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.393

n.d. Horn, Ivory 2 3/4 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with potted flowers, plums, and chrysanthemum P61.8.370

n.d. Glass 2 3/16 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with mountain landscape below three characters and red seal P61.8.152

n.d. Quartz 2 1/2 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with two bats framing scroll P61.8.171


n.d. Glass 2 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.378

n.d. Wood (Aloe Root?) 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with large carved and gilded characters P61.8.394

1895 Glass 2 15/16 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with landscape and artist’s name P61.8.140

1861-‐1875 Quartz 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.183

n.d. Glass 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with double-‐gourd shape P61.8.232


n.d Coconut Shell 3 1/2 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with men, monkeys, plum flowers, clouds, and rocks P61.8.385

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 1/4 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with black fish and shrubbery, four characters and seals P61.8.141


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n.d. Glass 2 1/2 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle with multi-‐colored overlay of pomegranates P61.8.106

n.d. Hornbill Ivory 2 x 2 1/8 in. Snuff bottle with key-‐fret pattern P61.8.297

n.d. 2 1/8 x 5/8 in Ivory Snuff bottle with sixteen-‐character poem, rocks, leaves, flowers, and two bats P61.8.296

n.d. Porcelain 2 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle shaped and painted to resemble folded lotus leaf P61.8.84

n.d. Quartz 1 1/2 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.261

n.d. Glass 2 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. Snuff bottle with red flower overlay P61.8.128

n.d. Ivory 2 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with woman standing on boat P61.8.286

n.d. Ivory 2 11/16 x 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with eggplant shape and green “stem” cap P61.8.295

1861-‐1875 Porcelain 2 7/16 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle shaped and painted to resemble folded lotus leaves with two red buds and one seedpod P61.8.46

1796-‐1820 Quartz 2 1/8 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.233

n.d. Glass 2 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle with dragon and fish P61.8.103

n.d. Ivory 3 5/16 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle carved to resemble ear of corn in husk P61.8.285

n.d. Porcelain 2 7/8 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with flowers and leaves P61.8.74

n.d. Enamel and Beads 2 5/16 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with gilded beads and landscape P61.8.401

n.d. Quartz 2 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with radiating Liesengang rings P61.8.234


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n.d. Quartz 2 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with Liesengang rings P61.8.245

1820-‐1850 Porcelain 2 1/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with “shau” (longevity) character above bat P61.8.45

n.d. Glass 2 11/16 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with red overlay of two dragons P61.8.120

n.d. Glass 2 11/16 x 1 15/16 in. Snuff bottle with twisting dragon P61.8.127

n.d. Glass 2 5/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with light blue overlay of fish P61.8.110

n.d. Glass 2 9/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with characters stylized with dragon heads P61.8.196

1735-‐1796 Porcelain 3 1/16 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with phoenix P61.8.77

n.d. Glass 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with red fish P61.8.115

n.d. Glass 2 1/2 x 2 5/16 in. Snuff bottle with green overlay of man reading in a pavilion and another approaching with scroll P61.8.121

1796-‐1875 Glass 2 3/8 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with blue overlay of crane, bat, and spray of leaves P61.8.119

n.d. Quartz 2 9/16 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with dragon and stork P61.8.172

n.d. Porcelain 3 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.96

n.d. Glass 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with red overlay of plum blossoms P61.8.105

n.d. Glass 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with black overlay of three plum blossoms P61.8.107

n.d. Glass 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle with yellow overlay of swimming duck P61.8.117


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1912-‐1938 Glass 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with bird among flowers on branch P61.8.153

1916 Glass 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with flowers, two butterflies and a seal P61.8.148

1911-‐1940 Glass 2 1/4 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with peach blossom branch and ducks P61.8.161

1911-‐1940 Glass 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with bottles and stoppers, insects, red asters, and the artist’s name, Kwan Yuk Tin P61.8.165

n.d. Glass 2 9/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with two men, birds, and mountain P61.8.158

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with man in boat, hills, and tree P61.8.154

1898 Glass 2 1/14 x 1 3/16 in. Snuff bottle with mountain scene and creation date painted above P61.8.157

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. Double snuff bottle with mountainscape P61.8.100

n.d. Glass 2 9/16 in x 1 in. Snuff bottle with four butterflies and two flowers P61.8.112

1882 Glass 1 7/8 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with house, hills, trees, artist’s name, Man Hing, and date P61.8.159

1911-‐1940 Glass 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with lake and house in valley painted below the words “very clear water” P61.8.142

1875-‐1908 Glass 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with tree and two birds P61.8.136

n.d. Glass 2 3/8 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle with two birds on flowering branch P61.8.138

n.d. Glass 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with two caribou next to flowering tree P61.8.125



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1912-‐1936 Glass 2 7/16 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle with landscape with house painted below the phrase “In imitation of ‘stone field’ old man” P61.8.111

1875-‐1908 Porcelain 2 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with three red flowers in front of blue sprays P61.8.39

n.d. Porcelain 2 5/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with pink chrysanthemum P61.8.60

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with praying mantis above spray of leaves and flowers P61.8.26

1661-‐1850 Porcelain 2 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with man in pavilion and boy outside P61.8.1

n.d. Quartz 2 5/16 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle with landscape P61.8.122

1735-‐1796 Rutilated Quartz 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle P61.8.195

1820-‐1850 Porcelain 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. Snuff bottle formed into cicada P61.8.86

n.d. Porcelain 1 11/16 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with mountainscape P61.8.23

1735-‐1850 Glass 2 5/16 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with three chicks on the ground (characters on base indicate bottle was made in Ch'ien Lung) P61.8.389

n.d. Porcelain 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with spray of plum blossoms P61.8.3

1861-‐1875 Porcelain 2 5/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with leafy branch and name and seal of maker P61.8.53

n.d. Porcelain 2 3/4 x 1 7/16 in. Snuff bottle with five dragons P61.8.59

1796-‐1850 Porcelain 2 3/16 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with floral motif surrounding a golden “shau” (longevity) character P61.8.73

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/8 x 1 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with man standing in landscape and Buddhist symbols on sides P61.8.409


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n.d. Porcelain 2 7/8 x 1 5/8 in. Snuff bottle with black hen and five white chicks P61.8.47

1820-‐1850 Porcelain 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. Snuff bottle with two peacocks P61.8.15

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in. Snuff bottle with two seated men P61.8.21

n.d. Porcelain 1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. Snuff bottle with house surrounded by rocks and trees P61.8.30

n.d. Porcelain 1 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with pagoda, houses, and an arched bridge

1912-‐1935 Porcelain 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with two men on bridge P61.8. 90

n.d. Glass 2 1/8 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with rooster crowing on ledge in front of rising sun P61.8.16

n.d. Enamel 2 5/8 x 1 7/8 in. Snuff bottle with two peacocks beside flowering tree P61.8.416

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/4 x 2 in. Snuff bottle with group of men with zither player P61.8.9

1875-‐1908 Porcelain 2 x 1 11/16 in. Snuff bottle with boy riding a water buffalo while flying a kite P61.8.19

n.d. Porcelain 2 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with dragon and fish P61.8.44

n.d. Porcelain 2 9/16 x 1 1/4 in. Snuff bottle with goldfish with four-‐branched tail P61.8.4

1820-‐1875 Porcelain 2 5/8 x 1 1/16 in. Snuff bottle with red bats and dragon P61.8.54

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. Snuff bottle with blue goldfish P61.8.6

n.d. Porcelain 2 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. Snuff bottle with landscape of house along shoreline P61.8.404


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