Double snuff bottle made of molded porcelain in the shape of two gourd-shaped vessels joined together, China, 1780–1850

Double snuff bottle made of molded porcelain in the shape of two gourd-shaped vessels joined together, China, 1780–1850 The double snuff bottle consists of a large gourd glazed in coral red, with leaves around the neck atop which sits a large polychrome butterfly with outstretched wings, and a second small gourd glazed in green attached to one of the ribbed sides of the first. The bottle rests on the base of the large gourd, which is fitted with six small pegs. The stopper is made of malachite

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Paris