Production: Unknown
Glass of mottled red, yellow and orange tones imitating realgar. The darker outer layer is carved both back and front with the 'he he er xian (two immortals)'.
Cecil E. Byas Bequest
Height: 5.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.
Qing Dynasty
1780
-
1880
Accession number: O.32.8 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 168520
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Snuff bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168520 Accessed: 2024-11-24 04:22:21
To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168520
|title=Snuff bottle
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-24 04:22:21|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-168520
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...