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Canton copper bodied snuff bottle decorated with figures in a garden
Canton copper bodied snuff bottle decorated with figures in a garden

Canton copper bodied snuff bottle decorated with figures in a garden

1736–95
Medium/TechniqueCopper with overglaze enamels
Dimensions7 x 4.7 cm (2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Sarah Buchan Jewell
Accession number1991.200
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ClassificationsDecorative arts
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ProvenanceEmpress Dowager Cixi (b. 1835 - d. 1908), Qing Dynasty, China; from Empress Dowager Cixi to Edwin Conger, first U.S. Ambassador to Imperial China and his wife Sarah Conger; by descent to their granddaughter Sarah Buchan Jewell (Mrs T. Edson Jewell), Boston; 1991, gift of Sarah Buchan Jewell to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 1991)