snuff bottle with stopper, unknown maker from China

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snuff bottle with stopper
snuff bottle with stopper
snuff bottle with stopper
1800–1895, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
snuff bottle with stopper , 1800–1895, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Where object was made: China
Material/technique: chalcedony
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.1865
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Archive Label 2003: The yellow skin of this snuff bottle has been carved into a cock standing on a rock and a cockscomb flower. Together, these three things form a rebus for “promotion after promotion in the bureaucratic civil service.” Civil service was the primary employment for educated men in 19th-centrury China.