{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/manifest","label":"gaa_blue-and-white-cylindrical-snuff-bottle_901_901","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_blue-and-white-cylindrical-snuff-bottle_901_901"},{"label":"Citation","value":"Object Name, Date Original (if known), GettDigital: Asian Art Collection, Special Collections / Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Access Date, Link to Item"},{"label":"Repository","value":"Special Collections and College Archives, Musselman Library, Gettysburg College"},{"label":"Inventory Number","value":"901"},{"label":"Part of","value":["Asian Art GettDigital Collection"]},{"label":"Provenance","value":"The Estate of Prof. Frank Kramer; A note from Dr. Kramer's folder \"Oriental Art-Inventory, n. d. (copy 1)\" (in Kramer's Box 4, file 17), refers to this item as \"China, Decorated porcelain snuff bottle, coral glass stopper and papier matche sand covered with silk. Height, c. 2 3/8\", diam. at base 7/8\". Period: Ch'ien Lung. Paid Dr. Chen $15.00. Bought October 27, 1952. Dr, Chen's number 925.\""},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"J.6"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1820 - D:00 M:00 Y:1880"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"Early-late 19th century CE (1820-1880 CE)"},{"label":"Era","value":["Attributed to the Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 6 cm (approximate); Diameter at base: 2.2 cm; Original black wood stand"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Porcelain, blue-and-white, overglaze iron red, coral glass, wood","Porcelain"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"With the introduction of snuff to China during the late Ming dynasty, snuff taking became a nation-wide habit, especially among the Manchu's during the Qing dynasty. Accordingly, small bottles used for storing the powdered snuff became popular products. This blue-and-white snuff bottle has a short and straight neck, a cylindrical body and a flat base. A band of flower-like pendants surrounded by beads is depicted on the neck. The body is primarily decorated with two iron red double-antlered and five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls among clouds and flames. There is a third iron red dragon on the bottom, which is looking up and whose body is mostly hidden under sea waves in underglaze blue. The dragon is one of the most important and complex of mythical animals in China. It ranks first of the \"Four Supernatural Spirits\", the phoenix being the second, the lin (unicorn) third and the tortoise fourth. Although its appearance always looks ferocious, it is the most benevolent of creatures. It was the god of rain, who brought thunder, lightning, rain, and thus fertility and abundance to the land. The dragon also represents the male principle of nature (yang), a symbol of vigor and fertility. Since the Han dynasty, the five-clawed dragon has been the symbol of the emperor. The representation of the dragons here bears much resemblance to an iron red five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl design on a porcelain pear-shaped snuff bottle dated to 1820-1880 from the Princeton University Art Museum (p.225 cat.309, Michael C. Hughes, The Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton Art Museum &lt; Baltimore: The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, 2002&gt; ). As such, it is possible that this piece was produced around the same period. Further, this snuff bottle was probably once owned by the imperial families because of its double-antlered and five-clawed dragon designs. According to the Yuanshi fuzhi (History of the Yuan Dynasty Records of the Costumes), \"shangjiao wuzhua longwen chenshu bude shiyong\" (subjects and the ordinary people cannot be allowed to use designs of dragons with double antlers and five claws). The restraint lasted until the end of the Qing period."},{"label":"Title","value":"Blue and white cylindrical snuff bottle"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/1940"}],"description":"Blue and white cylindrical snuff bottle","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Blue and white cylindrical snuff bottle","height":1992,"width":1020,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1992,"width":1020},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/c0712604-9b26-4340-a9e9-693da06d9c8f/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}