Colors of the Universe3

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Special Exhibitions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Colors of the Universe: Chinese Hardstone Carving

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Beauty in the Little things

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Colors of the Universe Chinese Hardstone Carving

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Metropolitan Museum of Art June 16, 2012 January 6, 2013

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Snuff Bottle 18th century China Painted enamel with coral stopper H. (7cm) Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with amber stopper H. (8.6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle 19th century Painted enamel with pearl and coral stopper H 7.9 cm Snuff, or powdered tobacco, was brought to China by Jesuit missionaries in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Its use spread quickly, as did demand for small containers to hold it. Snuff bottles were produced in large number and an astonishing variety of media, including metal, jade, ivory, bamboo, lacquer, and glass. Not all bottles were functional: many were collected as exoticisms or treasured for their precious materials and exquisite craftsmanship.

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) China Aquamarine with pink tourmaline stopper and stand H. (7 cm)

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Snuff Bottle 19th century China Chloromelanite jadeite with coral stoppers; wood stand; H. (7.3cm)

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The Jesuit fathers Adam Schall von Bell and Matteo Ricci holding a map of China under the protection of the founders of the order Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier. Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, amber stopper H. (6.4 cm)

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Snuff Bottle 19th century China Mother-of-pearl with green ivory and coral stopper, green ivory stand; H. (5.4cm)

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Snuff Bottle China Carved cinnabar lacquer; H. (6.4cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl, amber stopper H. (6.4 cm) Title : Pecheli sive Peking imperii sinarum provincia prima. Published in  Amsterdam, 1640. Size : 15.3 x 19.1 inches. / 38.8 x 48.5 cm. Colouring : Coloured . Item Description : The map of the province of Peking from Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Sinensis , the first atlas of China with maps by the hand of the Italian Jesuit Martino Martini. A beautiful map embellished with a very large and elaborate title cartouche and one other cartouche with scales.

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) China Carnelian agate, with green glass stopper, wood stand H. (6.7 cm)

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Snuff Bottle with Rocks and Peonies Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) 18th century China. Opaque glass painted in enamels; ivory stand, jade (nephrite) stopper H. (6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle with Rocks and Peonies Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) 18th century China. Opaque glass painted in enamels; ivory stand, jade (nephrite) stopper H. (6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911)18th century China Agate with malachite stopper H. (6.7 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) White, green and brown jadeite with amethyst quartz stopper H. (7.6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Rock amber with green jadeite stopper H. (5.7 cm) Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)China Peking glass with amber stopper H. (11.1 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Crystal and amethyst, with blue glass stopper H. (6.4 cm) Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) China Black amber with amethyst stopper H. (8.6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with amber stopper H. (7.6 cm) Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) White soft paste porcelain, amber stopper H. (8.6 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with amber stopper H. ((8.9 cm) Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with glass and amber stopper H. (7 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with amber stopper H. (7.3 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) China Carnelian agate, stand of same H. (9.2 cm)

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Snuff Bottle Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95) Porcelain with amber stopper H. (7.3 cm)

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