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Snuff bottle with demon queller Zhong Kui

mid-19th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清中期 套料玻璃鍾馗圖鼻煙壺
  • Title: Snuff bottle with demon queller Zhong Kui
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: mid-19th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Overlay glass with coral stopper
  • Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
  • Classification: Snuff Bottles
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
  • Object Number: 14.40.447a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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