Snuff Bottle with Foreign Figures

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Snuff Bottle with Foreign Figures by an unknown artist depicts a white snuff bottle with a green stopper. The snuff bottle has a bulbous body with a narrow neck. The body features a colorful scene with a woman standing in the center; she has a child on her right and two other children to her left. The woman wears a purple jacket over a white shirt. The children wear variously colored shirts. A tree branch arcs across the top-left side of the scene. The neck and upper body have a blue and white design. A yellow scrolling wave pattern borders the scene. The green stone stopper sits on a dark metal collar. The snuff bottle rests on a small dark stand. The background is a plain gray color.