Snuff bottle, painting on enamel

Snuff bottles
China

Subject/design:

A portrait of a Western woman on each side

Materials:

Enamels painted on copper, copper setting carved in relief, original gilt copper stopper with bead finial, ivory spoon

Date:

Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 1736-1795

Size:

height 4.9 cm, length 3.8 cm

Place of origin:

China, imperial palace workshops

Artist:

Unknown, inspired by the style of the Jesuit court painter Giuseppe Castiglione (1688-1766)

Mark:

Qianlong mark (r. 1736-1795)

Inventory number:

CB.TA.1925.556

Copyright:

Baur Fondation

Photographer:

Marian Gérard