National Palace Museum Collection

Gourd-shaped Snuff Bottle with Winding Branch-and-Blossom Decoration in Famille-Rose on a Lake-Green Ground

National Palace Museum, Taipei. Qing dynasty, Jiaqing reign (1796–1820). Snuff bottle. Porcelain; flattened gourd form with slightly convex shoulders; lake-green ground with scrolling floral and foliate decoration in famille-rose enamels (red, blue, and green) with gilt outlines; light-blue ground near the mouth rim; red domed stopper; four-character seal mark Jiaqing nianzhi in gold on base; set of ten, stored together in a fitted wooden box. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 中瓷002505N000000000

Famille-rose porcelain with quail and millet

China, 1796–1820, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period. Snuff bottle. Porcelain with shaped panels on each side decorated in polychrome on a white ground with millet and pairs of quail, symbolizing peace and prosperity; scrolling floral branches on a pale purple-red ground to the sides; Jiaqing nianzhi four-character seal mark on base; red domed stopper. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 中瓷002527N000000000.

Famille-rose porcelain with flowers and garden rocks

China, 1796–1820, Qing dynasty, Jiaqing period. Snuff bottle. Porcelain with shaped panels on each side decorated in polychrome on a white ground with flowers and garden rocks; scrolling floral branches on a green ground to the sides; gilt rims to stopper, mouth, and body edges; Jiaqing nianzhi four-character seal mark on base; red domed stopper. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 中瓷002542N000000000.

Turquoise-glazed porcelain with double joy character

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Snuff bottle. Porcelain of flattened rounded form, covered in turquoise glaze with grey-black veining, molded with a double joy (囍) character to the body; red-glazed gilt porcelain stopper with ivory spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 中瓷002435N000000000.

Painted enamel glass with four seasons flowers

China, 1736–1795, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Snuff bottle. Semi-transparent white glass of flattened rounded form, painted in enamels on a gilt ground with lotus, chrysanthemum, peony, and rose in shaped panels, with a four-petal floral ground to the shoulders and neck; Qianlong nianzhi seal mark in two columns on base; blue enamel on copper stopper with ivory spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故瓷014058N000000000.

Painted enamel glass with hundred flowers on black ground

China, 1736–1795, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Snuff bottle. Semi-transparent white glass of flattened form, painted in polychrome enamels with densely packed flowers of various kinds on a black ground; Qianlong nianzhi seal mark incised on base; carved copper stopper with ivory spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故瓷014047N000000000.

Painted enamel glass with symbols of prosperity and longevity

China, 1736–1795, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Snuff bottle. Semi-transparent white glass of flattened rounded form, painted in polychrome enamels on a gilt ground with peaches, flowers, and bats on one side and rose and lotus pods on the other, with scrolling lotus to the sides and lotus petals at the neck; Qianlong nianzhi seal mark in two columns on base; blue enamel on copper stopper with ivory spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故瓷014060N000000000.

Painted enamel on copper with Western figures

China, 1736–1795, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Snuff bottle. Copper painted in enamels with a continuous landscape scene of Western figures in soft colors, with scrolling foliage and ruyi motifs at the neck; Qianlong nianzhi mark in blue kaishu script on base; carved copper stopper with ivory spoon; wooden stand. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故琺000912N000000000.

Blue overlay on white glass with shou character

China, 1736–1795, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period. Snuff bottle. Semi-transparent white glass of flattened rounded form with blue glass overlay depicting a roundel shou character encircled by cloud bands and a beaded ring on each side, with cloud motifs to the sides and blue glass rims at mouth and foot; Qianlong nianzhi four-character mark in two columns incised on base. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故雜000206N000000000.

Crystal in gourd form with auspicious symbols

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Snuff bottle. Crystal of double gourd form with fu and shou auspicious symbols. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故雜000888N000000000.

Mottled sky-blue and yellow glass

China, 18th–19th century, Qing dynasty. Snuff bottle. Opaque sky-blue and yellow glass, mould-made with naturally mottled and irregularly distributed coloring. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故雜000895N000000000.

Moulded gourd polyhedron with shou and wan characters

China, 18th century, Qing dynasty. Snuff bottle. Natural gourd moulded into a polyhedral form, with roundel shou and wan characters on each face; lacquered mouth; coral stopper with bone spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故雜000928N000000000.

Chalcedony in the form of a Buddha's hand citron

China, 18th century, Qing dynasty. Snuff bottle. Pale yellow semi-transparent chalcedony carved in the form of a Buddha's hand citron; dark green stone openwork stopper carved as a stem and leaves; ivory spoon. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故雜001598N000000000.

White jade with raised circular panels

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Snuff bottle. White jade of flattened rounded form with raised circular panels to each main side and oval raised motifs to the sides; copper stopper with coral finial and tortoiseshell spoon. One of a set of twenty-five. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故玉000388N000000000.

White jade in the form of an eggplant

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Snuff bottle. White jade carved in the form of an eggplant with yellow-brown markings, possibly artificially stained; nephrite stem stopper; white jade stopper with ivory spoon; stand. One of a set of nine. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故玉000391N000000000.

Jadeite with natural crystal inclusions

China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911). Snuff bottle. Vivid green jadeite of flattened rounded form with natural crystal nebula inclusions throughout; coral stopper. © National Palace Museum. Object number: 故玉001937N000000000.