Snuff bottle

High Relief Carved Turquoise Snuff Bottle. Pebble shaped bottle, with insects. Ht. 2". . on Mar 22, 2013

Additional views of Antique Chinese Snuff Bottle Biyanhu.

1800-1900

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Antique Chinese molded porcelain snuff bottle with a deeply modeled design of a phoenix on ones side and a dragon on the other, both on a backdrop of swirling clouds. Glazed a dark cobalt blue. Coral lid. Provenance: Collection of "Jade Collector" Howard Kaplan. 19th Century Dimensions: Bottle 3" high (including lid 3 3/8" high)

JAPAN, 1840-1880

Snuff, a powdered form of tobacco from the Americas, was initially brought to China by European traders in the late 16th century, during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644). It was in the 17th century, however, in the early Qing dynasty (1644–1911), that China witnessed a rise of snuff-taking among the upper classes. Inhaling snuff was perceived as more stylish and elegant than smoking tobacco, and this led to the subsequent use and collecting of snuff bottles (biyanhu).

PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1740-1800

TWO SILVER SNUFF BOTTLES MARKED OOMERSI MAWJI, KUTCH, INDIA, CIRCA 1900 Each of inverted drop shape, with short tapering neck, with hinged bulbous lid, the deeply carved decoration with dense foliated sprays, with silvermark, a stopper marked OM

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