Chinese Snuff Bottles

Name: Chinese Snuff Bottles
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ISBN: 9780195857566

ISBN-10: 0195857569

ISBN-13: 9780195857566

Edition: 1994

Authors: Robert Kleiner

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Among the most beautiful of the world's domestic art forms are Chinese snuff bottles, miniature bottle-shaped flasks, often of astounding intricacy and tactile appeal, which were made for court and, subsequently, popular use during the Qing Dynasty. Within the last twenty years, snuff bottles have been collected by an increasingly wide circle of enthusiasts. While recent research has led to a number of discussions of the topic, the collecting of snuff bottles remains an area within which the unwary may be trapped, particularly since the spectacular rise in value of these small items has spurred the skilled faker. Illustrated with twenty-four full-color and sixteen black-and-white plates,…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/27/1994
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 80
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Chronological Table of the Qing Dynasty Reigns


Introduction



A Brief History of Snuff-taking and the Snuff Bottle in China



Metal and Enamelled Snuff Bottles



Glass Snuff Bottles



Porcelain and Other Ceramic Snuff Bottles



Snuff Bottles of Jade, Chalcedony, and Other Hard Stones



Snuff Bottles of Organic Origin



Inside-painted Snuff Bottles


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index