diff --git a/src/ast/data_type.rs b/src/ast/data_type.rs
index f129a557c..861d84795 100644
--- a/src/ast/data_type.rs
+++ b/src/ast/data_type.rs
@@ -465,6 +465,10 @@ pub enum DataType {
     ///
     /// [DuckDB]: https://duckdb.org/docs/sql/data_types/union.html
     Union(Vec<UnionField>),
+    /// Object type, see [Snowflake].
+    ///
+    /// [Snowflake]: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/data-types-semistructured#object
+    Object(Vec<StructField>),
     /// Nullable - special marker NULL represents in ClickHouse as a data type.
     ///
     /// [ClickHouse]: https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/data-types/nullable
@@ -776,6 +780,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for DataType {
             DataType::Union(fields) => {
                 write!(f, "UNION({})", display_comma_separated(fields))
             }
+            DataType::Object(fields) => {
+                write!(f, "OBJECT({})", display_comma_separated(fields))
+            }
             // ClickHouse
             DataType::Nullable(data_type) => {
                 write!(f, "Nullable({data_type})")
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
index 3c6185193..8c2781460 100644
--- a/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -12733,6 +12733,31 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     let fields = self.parse_union_type_def()?;
                     Ok(DataType::Union(fields))
                 }
+                Keyword::OBJECT if dialect_is!(dialect is SnowflakeDialect | GenericDialect) => {
+                    self.prev_token();
+                    self.expect_keyword_is(Keyword::OBJECT)?;
+                    // Object type may have no fields: OBJECT or OBJECT()
+                    if !self.peek_token_ref().token.eq(&Token::LParen) {
+                        Ok(DataType::Object(vec![]))
+                    } else {
+                        self.expect_token(&Token::LParen)?;
+                        let fields = if self.peek_token_ref().token == Token::RParen {
+                            vec![]
+                        } else {
+                            self.parse_comma_separated(|parser| {
+                                let field_name = parser.parse_identifier()?;
+                                let field_type = parser.parse_data_type()?;
+                                Ok(StructField {
+                                    field_name: Some(field_name),
+                                    field_type,
+                                    options: None,
+                                })
+                            })?
+                        };
+                        self.expect_token(&Token::RParen)?;
+                        Ok(DataType::Object(fields))
+                    }
+                }
                 Keyword::NULLABLE if dialect_is!(dialect is ClickHouseDialect | GenericDialect) => {
                     Ok(self.parse_sub_type(DataType::Nullable)?)
                 }
diff --git a/tests/sqlparser_snowflake.rs b/tests/sqlparser_snowflake.rs
index 0000b0a3d..c2d86fcb5 100644
--- a/tests/sqlparser_snowflake.rs
+++ b/tests/sqlparser_snowflake.rs
@@ -5254,3 +5254,12 @@ fn test_select_dollar_column_from_stage() {
     // With table function args, without alias
     snowflake().verified_stmt("SELECT $1, $2 FROM @mystage1(file_format => 'myformat')");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn parse_nested_object() {
+    let sql = r#"SELECT TRY_CAST(PARSE_JSON('{"obj_field":{"field":"value",}}') AS OBJECT(obj_field OBJECT(
+        field VARCHAR
+)));"#;
+
+    snowflake().parse_sql_statements(sql).unwrap();
+}
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