https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/97503/fullSnuff bottle illustrating the story of Yuan An1991Overall: 2 9/16 × 1 3/4 × 7/8 inches (6.5 × 4.4 × 2.2 cm)Inside-painted crystal glassGift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman2015.033.0650flask shaped.
The front depicts the king and military escorts near a stream with two Cranes under a tree. The reverse depicts King and scholar in a room looking out on a rocky forest setting. This is the story of the King who goes to the scholar’s hut for three times to convince him to become a counselor of King’s army. The calligraphy says, it was made in mid-winter of 1991 at Huayi xuan studio.Decorative Arts20823948729Wen Xiangjun2015.033.065.1stview2015.033.065.2ndview