Snuff bottles with figures in landscape, 18th century

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Snuff bottles with figures in landscape, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, China, Carved red lacquer, H. 2 1/2 in. ( cm); H. incl. stand 3 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); D. 1 in. ( cm), Snuff Bottles, Lacquer, the resin of a tree, has been colored with the mineral cinnabar and then layered onto the surface of this snuff bottle. It is the lacquer, not the underlying substructure, which was carved to create the scene of figures in a landscape

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Size: 3900px × 5200px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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