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Snuff bottle

18th century
Medium/TechniqueOverlay glass
DimensionsHeight x width: 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (8 x 4.8 cm)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.9571
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
18th century
late 18th–early 19th century
late 18th–early 19th century
19th century
18th century
Bowl
1736–95
Small vase
19th century
Bottle vase
19th century
Bowl
1736–95
Bottle vase
1736–95
Cylindrical vase
19th century