https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/97471/fullSnuff bottle with design of Daoist sages1983Overall: 2 11/16 × 1 5/8 × 15/16 inches (6.8 × 4.1 × 2.4 cm)Inside-painted crystal glassGift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman2015.033.0500flattened rounded rectangular on raised recessed base.
The front depicts an old sage on the side of a hill leaning on a staff and looking up to a flying bat and a small moon. The reverse depicts two sages standing beside a cliff and looking at the moon. This theme related to a long prosperous life and great fortune because in Chinese, the pronunciation of “bat” and “fortune” is the same. The calligraphy says, it was made in the winter of 1983.Decorative Arts20801748714Wang Qian2015.033.050.1stview2015.033.050.2ndview