Porcelain covered with a light green glaze and moulded with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, the cloud ground pierced through to reveal the inner body, the base with an incised four-character mark "made by Wang P'ing-jung"
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
18th Century, Late
19th Century
1780
-
1850
Accession number: MAR.O.305 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168540
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2026) "Snuff bottle" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168540 Accessed: 2026-01-24 04:36:59
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University of Cambridge}}
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