Snuff Bottle with Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95), China, Bamboo, H. 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Snuff Bottles, Represented often in the visual arts, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove lived during the third century B.C. and were known for their scholarship, writing, and musical abilities. They are understood as exemplars of an unfettered and less corrupt lifestyle removed from the intrigue of the court
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Snuff Bottle, Seven Sages, Bamboo Grove, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, Qianlong period, 1736–95, China, Bamboo, H, 7/8, 7.3 cm, Bottles, Represented, visual arts, Grove lived, third century, B.C, scholarship, writing, musical abilities, understood, exemplars, unfettered, less corrupt, lifestyle, removed, intrigue, court
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