gpb0344 Chinese Inside Painting Snuff Bottle Belle Tree

Enter Keyword Size height 3-3/8 (inch) Material peking glass Content This is a Inside Painting/ Painted Snuff Bottle.This is definitely a exquisite and valuable handicraft for collector to grab, Don't miss this chance to get it! Shipping Policy : Same shipping fee to worldwide via air mail. It takes about 5-14 business days arrive after shipping notification. For other shipping methods, eg: EMS, Fedex, Please contact me. Single item shipping fee: $8.00 Buy more to SAVE shipping cost, combine ship the above item only add: $3.00 Insurance: Optional but highly recommend! Payment: Accept Paypal, International Money order, Personal check in *your country currency*, Bank transfer, Online Credit Card: Visa / Master. ***We DO NOT accept Check or Money order amount less than US$20*** Checkout: Please use ebay checkout to pay or request total.*If you have a different shipping address or special instructions about shipping, please include in paypal transaction note. No need to send separate email, better for me to follow.* Please email us if you have any questions. Most emails are responded within 24 hours. (Note: Bidders who use free email like AOL, Yahoo, the reply email may fall into your junk mail box. Please send email directly or try send email by other account.) Buy More to save shipping cost, check out my other auctions! Buy It NOW from my Ebay Store! Click ! Search My Items: Enter Keyword What is a Snuff Bottle? Snuff bottles are the Chinese equivalent of the snuff boxes that evolved in the Western World. Both were used as containers for powdered tobacco. Tobacco was originally brought to Europe from the Americas and the powdered variety became known as snuff. It was subsequently introduced to China, probably by Portuguese traders. Later Jesuit missionaries were known to have presented the Emperor with an elaborate snuff box and a quantity of snuff. The Emperor delighted in this gift but soon found that snuff could be better preserved in the traditional Chinese medicine bottles. He had equally elegant snuff bottles made for himself and members of his family. Soon snuff bottles became a status symbol for the nobility and in time for the entire population. When were the finest snuff bottles made?Because tobacco originated in the New World, it did not reach China until the late 16th century. The popularity of snuff and snuff bottles became evident in the late 17th century but the 18th and 19th centuries were the glory days for the production of snuff bottles even though the art continues to the present day. All the traditional materials that Chinese artisans and scholars used for works of art including jade, precious and semi-precious stones, other hard stones, glass, porcelain and ceramics, metals and organic materials such as ivory, amber, lacquer, tortoiseshell, wood, even tangerine skins and coconut shells, etc. read more