The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Snuff Bottle

Art Object

Program Information

Buddhism along the Silk Road

Program information

Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

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Cambodian Rattan: The Sculpture of Sopheap Pich
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion
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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance

Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance
(00:28:04) 67 views

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Snuff Bottle

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng period (1723–35)
Culture:: China
Medium:: Porcelain, spoon with ivory top set with coral
Dimensions:: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification:: Snuff Bottles
Credit Line:: Bequest of William Rhinelander Stewart, 1929
Accession Number:: 29.149.115a, b

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