Snuffbox

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Basic information

ID: Рз-2889а,б
Author: unknown
Name: Snuffbox
Date of creation: 18th c.
Country: China
Technique: casting filigree
Material: red glaze
Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm): 5.6 x 5 x 2.6

Additionally

Type: decorative and applied arts
Genre: genre art
Exposition: Zolochiv Castle (Chinese Palace)

Information about author

Author: unknown
Country

Object description

A bottle of flat teardrop shape is in a metal frame that is fixed on its body. The frame is decorated with metal filigree figures of two pairs of phoenixes with a lotus flower and two rosettes made of a double vajra with the image of a stylized hieroglyph "longevity" inside of it. The hemispherical lid is made of yellow metal and decorated with floral ornaments in the filigree technique with the addition of red and yellow enamel. The lid has a cloth-covered stopper with a thin metal spoon in its centre.

Inscriptions

A hieroglyphic inscription is printed on the metal bottom.

Legal regulation

Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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