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A Chinese Medicine Bottle Snuff Bottle -Qing browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese:Snuff Bottles: Pre 1900: item # 395221
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| This snuff bottle was made from an early Chinese blue and white medicine bottle with the addition of the domed round stone stopper and attached spoon. We date it to the late 18th to early 19th century. There are five characters on each side done in underglaze blue on a white body. The bottle is the topped with the light purple/brown stone stopper with ivory spoon It measures 2 3/8" long by 1 3/16" wide at the waist by 3/4" thick. Fine condition - a small nick on the foot – 18th/19th Qing dynasty. 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.For centuries Chinese had used small bottles (yao-ping) to store their medicine. By adding a top with a cork and small spoon to the medicine bottle the Chinese invented the snuff bottle. | ||||||||
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