gpb3176 Chinese Overlay Glass Snuff Bottle 2 Li Dragon

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Enter Keyword Chinese snuff bottle can trace back to middle 1600's.It's an epitome of Chinese art. Chinese paintings, foreign paintings, calligraphy, engrave, inlay, and bowlder, porcelain, lacquer, enamel and metal, etc art all concentrate in snuff bottle. Due to it's exceptional versatility of style, technique and material, all in one small object, as well as the fine craftsmanship, these tiny masterpieces quickly became one of the most notable representations of the use of artistic skill throughout the Qing Dynasty. The snuff comes to China in Longqing Period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, people put snuff into the bottle as medicine. When you want to use it, you can get it from the bottle, it's very convenient. The utensil that is filled with snuff was called "snuff bottle".Snuff is a kind of pharmaceutical preparation which the perfect ground tobacco powder is put into some rare medicinal Herb's-musk, etc. and sealed them into the wax pills and then staled for several different kinds of color, such as dark purple, deep yellow, pale yellow and so on. It tastes mellow and sharp . It is said that it can make eyes bright, refresh, exorcise epidemic disease, invigorate the circulation of blood. During the 1700's snuff increased in popularity among the Chinese, which created a great demand for Snuff Bottles. They became conversation pieces and collectable items almost immediately. Collecting snuff bottles became the newest nationwide habit, and it spread to all of the social classes with the actual snuff-taking, at the very end of the eighteenth century. The finer the snuff bottle, the more respected was its owner. Snuff bottles were made out of every material of which the Chinese knew.This included Gold, Silver, Copper, Porcelain, Bowlder, Coral, Agate, Jade, Crystal, Wood, Bamboo root, gourd, Ivory etc. The snuff bottle not only has a certain practicability, also as an important present in international intercourse.According to the history record, Emperor Kang Xi 58 Year(1719) of Qing Dynasty, Peter the Great of Russia has been deputed to Yisi Mand Luofu as Chinese ambassador. They visited chinese glass factory of Made department in Yangxin Palace after they went to China, and saw lots of fine snuff bottles. The snuff bottles in Qing Dynasty were presents to foreign kings by the Shengzu emperor of Qing Dynasty through foreign ambassadors. Size 2-7/8" tall. Material Overlay glass. 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: $7.00 Buy more to SAVE shipping cost, combine ship the above item only add: $2.00 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 Free selling management from read more

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