Snuff bottle, carved

Object Details

• Provenance

  1976

  R.A. Schwartz, purchased in Taiwan in February 1976. [1]

  From 1976

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of R.A. Schwartz. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Mr. R.A. Schwartz, a former member of the Freer Gallery of Art staff, purchased this object in Taiwan in February 1976.

  [2] See object record.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. R.A. Schwartz

• Credit Line

  Gift of Ray A. Schwartz

• Type

  Vessel

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• Name

  Schwartz, R.A.

• Topic

  Art, Chinese Art

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)