About: Snuff bottles were used by the Chinese to contain powdered tobacco.They can be traced back to the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, when legates from Europe presented gifts to the Chinese count . After the introduction of snuff bottles into China, the Manchu people in Beijing, who placed a high premium on leisure and entertainment, made snuff-taking immensely popular, both for the court and the common peopie. Absorbing distinctively Asian elements, snuff bottles soon became fashionable in China . As the progeny of a consummate combination of innovative Westem invention and ingenious Chinese craftsmanship, snuff bottles were, and still are , representative antiques that bear withess to the mixture of Asian and Westem cultures in the Qing royal court . Since then , they have developed into a unique branch of Chinese art. Snuff bottles were treasured and appreciated at that time and even became symbos of fashion and social status. Meanwhile , however , the original practical use of snuff bottles came to be overlooked , and they were transformed into works of art that assumed vital roles in the gift -giving custom among politcal figures, in court culture , in leisure , and in connoisseurship-hance the inexorable development and the vast flourishing of snuff bottles during the golden age of the Qing Dynasty.
Description: A carved jadeite jade snuff bottle Chinese and mid 20thc . Carved in low relief to one size with a ancient patterns , has stopper .True antique and 100% authentic ice cool jadete jade of snuff bottle .
Details
Dimensions: Height: 2.7 inches. Width 2.2 inches . Thickness 0.6 inches. Weight: 88 grams.
Materials: Ice cool jadeite jade. Period: Post 1940.
Condition: Fine original condition & no chips or cracks
Quantity: 1 of ice cool jadeite jade snuff bottle with silver hard box .
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