Snuff Bottle with Zodiac Animals
A small porcelain snuff bottle painted in underglaze blue with robed figures, several with animal heads, against a white ground. Characters inside round medallions label the figures, and a coral-red stopper with a dark rim caps the neck of the slender bottle.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723–1735)
- Medium
- Porcelain painted in underglaze blue
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 1480 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1911).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection