Snuff Bottle with European Figures (stopper)

A small domed stopper of gilded metal, its surface embossed with a coiling dragon among clouds and a circular roundel with a cross-like motif. A pale, spoon-shaped ivory handle extends to the right, set against a dark-to-gray studio backdrop.

Look closer: A small circular roundel with a cross-like motif sits beside the dragon's head.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1736–95 or later

Medium

painted enamel on copper

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2076 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Noah L. Butkin