Period:Qing dynasty Production date:19thC
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 49 millimetres Width: 42 millimetres Depth: 19 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain snuff-bottle with ruby cover, and attached spoon. The snuff-bottle has a white body. There are two dragons on either side of the bottle, and roundels with diamonds in relief on the base.
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Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF A423Snuff bottle with two dragonsJesuit missionaries residing within the Forbidden City brought with them Western technologies such as enamelling glass and introduced Western habits such as sniffing snuff (powdered tobacco flavoured with aromatic substances). By the reign of the emperor Kangxi (AD 1662–1722), taking snuff had become an imperial habit. Chinese craftsmen revelled in the production of miniature works of art and the tiny snuff-bottle form provided a means to demonstrate their skills. Porcelain with qingbai glazeJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900 PDF A423 雙龍紋鼻煙壺基督傳教士進入紫禁城，不僅帶來了西方的科技，如玻璃胎畫琺瑯，也傳入了西式的習慣，比如嗅鼻煙（混合芳香物的煙草粉末）。攜帶鼻煙到康熙朝（1662-1722年）已成為皇室的習慣。中國工匠著迷於微型藝術品的創作，而鼻煙壺的小器形恰是展示其技藝的好平臺。瓷器，青白釉江西省景德鎮清代，約1800-1900年
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed
Dimensions:Height: 49 millimetres Width: 42 millimetres Depth: 19 millimetres
Description:
Porcelain snuff-bottle with ruby cover, and attached spoon. The snuff-bottle has a white body. There are two dragons on either side of the bottle, and roundels with diamonds in relief on the base.
IMG
Comments:Room 95 label text:PDF A423Snuff bottle with two dragonsJesuit missionaries residing within the Forbidden City brought with them Western technologies such as enamelling glass and introduced Western habits such as sniffing snuff (powdered tobacco flavoured with aromatic substances). By the reign of the emperor Kangxi (AD 1662–1722), taking snuff had become an imperial habit. Chinese craftsmen revelled in the production of miniature works of art and the tiny snuff-bottle form provided a means to demonstrate their skills. Porcelain with qingbai glazeJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900 PDF A423 雙龍紋鼻煙壺基督傳教士進入紫禁城，不僅帶來了西方的科技，如玻璃胎畫琺瑯，也傳入了西式的習慣，比如嗅鼻煙（混合芳香物的煙草粉末）。攜帶鼻煙到康熙朝（1662-1722年）已成為皇室的習慣。中國工匠著迷於微型藝術品的創作，而鼻煙壺的小器形恰是展示其技藝的好平臺。瓷器，青白釉江西省景德鎮清代，約1800-1900年
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