Baur Collection Chinese Snuff Bottles; Flacons a Tabac Chinois

Name: Baur Collection Chinese Snuff Bottles; Flacons a Tabac Chinois
Price: 79.99 USD
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ISBN: 9788874393619

ISBN-10: 887439361X

ISBN-13: 9788874393619

Edition: 2007

Authors: Vï¿½rï¿½ne Nicollier-De Weck

List price: $150.00

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The art of the snuff bottle occupies an important position in the history of arts and crafts of both China and the world. The first snuff bottles can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), a relatively recent development in terms of the long history of China. From their initial status as a useful luxury item, snuff bottles became curios and collector's objects in both China and Europe. The catalogue features snuff bottles made from a range of materials including sixty-one glass snuff bottles, seventeen porcelain, eleven jade, fifty-seven quartz (from the purest rock crystal to velvety agate) and three in semi-precious stones. It also includes fourteen extraordinary snuff bottles…

Book details

List price: $150.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: 5 Continents
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 9.25" wide x 11.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 5.280
Language: English



Preface



Preface



Acknowledgments


Remerciements


Introduction


Introduction


Catalogue


Catalogue



Glass



Le verre



Porcelain



La porcelaine



Jade



Le jade



Quartz and semi-precious stones



Quartz et pierres semi-precieuses



Organics



Les rnatieres organiques



Enamels and metal



Emaux et metal


Chronology


Chronologie


Bibliography


Bibliographie


Inscriptions


Inscriptions