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Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Flattened Ovoid Snuff Bottle with Stopper

鼻煙壺

1573–1620

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China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen kilns, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign

(1572-1620)

Porcelain

Overall: 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.210.a

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

萬曆年製

Inscription Translation

Wanli nian zhi (Made in the Wanli Reign)

Provenance
?–1944
Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1944–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1944.210.a