Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1736-1795
Materials:glass
Technique:enamelled
Dimensions:Height: 4.80 centimetres
Description:
Glass snuff-bottle of double gourd form with short neck and flat base. The snuff-bottle is milky-white opaque glass. There is a gourd-vine and red bats in mixed enamel on the body, and a band of yellow spotted with red from which hangs a border of pendant leaves in enamel around the neck. The snuff bottle contains remnants of snuff.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing Qianlong 1736-1795 Room 95 label text:PDF 813Painted glass gourd-shaped snuff-bottleJesuit 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. This bottle is painted with auspicious gourds and five red bats, representing five vast blessings. Attached to the glass bottle’s pearl and coral cover is an ivory spoon which scoops out a pinch of snuff at a time.Glass with enamels, coral, pearl and ivoryForbidden City, Beijing 北京故宮Qing dynasty, Qianlong blue enamel mark and period, AD1736–95 PDF 813彩繪玻璃葫蘆形鼻煙壺紫禁城內的耶穌會傳教士，不僅帶來了西方的技術，如玻璃畫琺瑯，也傳入了西式的習慣，比如嗅鼻煙（即煙草混合芳香物質的粉末）。康熙朝（1662-1722年在位），攜帶鼻煙成為皇室的習慣。中國工匠著迷于袖珍藝術品的創作，而小鼻煙壺的器形正好為其展示技藝提供了平臺。此瓶繪吉祥葫蘆及五隻紅色蝙蝠圖案，後者象徵“五福”。與珍珠珊瑚鼻煙壺蓋相連接的有一個象牙匙，一次可舀出一小撮鼻煙。玻璃畫琺瑯，珊瑚，珍珠，象牙北京故宮清代，乾隆，乾隆藍料款，1736-1795年
Materials:glass
Technique:enamelled
Dimensions:Height: 4.80 centimetres
Description:
Glass snuff-bottle of double gourd form with short neck and flat base. The snuff-bottle is milky-white opaque glass. There is a gourd-vine and red bats in mixed enamel on the body, and a band of yellow spotted with red from which hangs a border of pendant leaves in enamel around the neck. The snuff bottle contains remnants of snuff.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Qing Qianlong 1736-1795 Room 95 label text:PDF 813Painted glass gourd-shaped snuff-bottleJesuit 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. This bottle is painted with auspicious gourds and five red bats, representing five vast blessings. Attached to the glass bottle’s pearl and coral cover is an ivory spoon which scoops out a pinch of snuff at a time.Glass with enamels, coral, pearl and ivoryForbidden City, Beijing 北京故宮Qing dynasty, Qianlong blue enamel mark and period, AD1736–95 PDF 813彩繪玻璃葫蘆形鼻煙壺紫禁城內的耶穌會傳教士，不僅帶來了西方的技術，如玻璃畫琺瑯，也傳入了西式的習慣，比如嗅鼻煙（即煙草混合芳香物質的粉末）。康熙朝（1662-1722年在位），攜帶鼻煙成為皇室的習慣。中國工匠著迷于袖珍藝術品的創作，而小鼻煙壺的器形正好為其展示技藝提供了平臺。此瓶繪吉祥葫蘆及五隻紅色蝙蝠圖案，後者象徵“五福”。與珍珠珊瑚鼻煙壺蓋相連接的有一個象牙匙，一次可舀出一小撮鼻煙。玻璃畫琺瑯，珊瑚，珍珠，象牙北京故宮清代，乾隆，乾隆藍料款，1736-1795年
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