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Snuff bottle with flowers, crab, and butterflies
Snuff bottle with flowers, crab, and butterflies

Snuff bottle with flowers, crab, and butterflies

Place of OriginChina
Dateapprox. 1850-1900
DynastyQing dynasty (1644-1911)
MaterialsGlass
DimensionsH. 6.2 cm x W. 4.7 cm
Credit LineGift of the Asian Art Museum Foundation from the Collection of Ransom Cook
Object number1989.32.9
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
On View
On view
LocationGallery 17
More Information

Peonies and butterflies represent an accumulation of blessings and prosperity. Success in the final (palace) civil service examination is implied by the crab holding a stalk of reed.

Subject
  • peony
  • butterfly
  • crab