The bottle is of shield form, inlaid on each side with floral motifs in chips of mother-of-pearl and gold, on a stippled black lacquer ground, with a matching stopper, 6.9cm.
This is one of very few Japanese bottles in the snuff bottle collection.
Categories: Chinese Snuff Bottles at Burghley | Chinese Works of Art | Exhibitions |
A lacque burgauté snuff bottle, Japanese, 1850-1920.
REFERENCE: CSBO.47
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