https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/97493/fullSnuff bottle with design of a female dancer with a harvest knife1996Overall: 2 11/16 × 7/8 × 1/2 inches (6.8 × 2.2 × 1.3 cm)Inside-painted crystal glassGift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman2015.033.0600slender rectangular on a raised base with long handles on the sides with recessed panels on the front.
The front depicts a female performer in native costume dancing under a tree front with a harvest knife in her hand. The reverse depicts a school of fan-tail Koi swimming among seaweed.
This bottle was made during the Cultural Revolution in 1966 when the Chinese government severely regulated what the artists could paint.
Decorative Arts20626148724Wen Xiangjun2015.033.060.1stview2015.033.060.2ndview