Snuff Bottle with Flowers and Rocks, Republic of China (1912–1949), China, Painted enamel on glass with nephrite stopper, H. 2 3

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Snuff Bottle with Flowers and Rocks, Republic of China (1912–1949), China, Painted enamel on glass with nephrite stopper, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); W. 2 1/4 in. ( cm), Snuff Bottles, Snuff, or powdered tobacco, was brought to China by Jesuit missionaries in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Its use spread quickly, as did demand for small containers to hold it. Snuff bottles were produced in large number and an astonishing variety of media, including metal, jade, ivory, bamboo, lacquer, and glass

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