https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/97529/fullSnuff bottle with design of crab and peonies1985Overall: 2 1/16 × 1 13/16 × 13/16 inches (5.2 × 4.6 × 2 cm)Inside-painted crystal glassGift of Drs. Lee and Connie Koppelman2015.033.0770flattened rectangular with rounded shoulders.
The front depicts a Lu fish and crab. The calligraphy on the front says, fine wine, yellow flower, just getting fat crab. The Lu fish’s taste is so delicious that I cannot help drinking. Chang’an is too far away for me to see my old friends and I am so indulged in writing poetry that I failed to get in touch with you for a long time.
The reverse depicts a vegetable flower – Fo Shou or Buddha’s Hand, which is of the red hot pepper plant. The calligraphy suggests Qing He Yue wrote on the snuff bottles in 1985.
Decorative Arts20840948741Su Fengyi (Fengyu)2015.033.077.1stview2015.033.077.2ndview