Skip to main content

Snuff bottle: MAR.O.305 & A-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Entities

Categories

Description

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"

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century, Late
19th Century
1780 - 1850

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.305 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 168540
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025 Last processed: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

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

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/168540 |title=Snuff bottle |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2026-01-24 04:36:59|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

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-168540

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...