Atomo Collection

• Porcelain
  
  
• Egg shape
  
  
• Snuff bottle with a design illustrating the verse "The Milky Way in The Clear Night Sky".
  The scene depicts a scholar burning the midnight oil at mid-night.
  
  The inscription reads:
  
  "The stars and moon glisten brightly. The milky way is in the sky".

Period

• 1821 - 1850 (Daoguang)

Size

• Height cm. 6.4
• Mouth cm. 0.6

Stopper

• Malachite

Provenance

• Sotheby's, Paris - 11 June 2009 - Lot n. 1

Exhibited

• 41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
• Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011

Published

• Journal ICSBS - Autumn 2009 - Vol XXXXI number 2 - P. 38 - Middle column, last paragraph: Guy Sthélé about this snuff bottle
• Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 32, p. 37

Comparison

• "The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum" Hong Kong 2003 - no. 362 p. 236
• The same book, no. 336 - p. 221, and no. 339 p. 223
• " Snuff Bottles of China", Hugh Moss, no. 300
• The Meriem Collection - Auction Christie's no. 1934 - New York 19 September 2007 - no. 668 p. 152