Chinese Snuff Bottles
Series: Images of Asia;
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP China
- Date of Publication 27 October 1994
- Number of Volumes laminated boards
- ISBN 9780195857566
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages80 pages
- Size 201x135x10 mm
- Weight 219 g
- Language English
- Illustrations colour and black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
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. Continuing the interest shown by earlier Images of Asia titles in collectables from the region, this book introduces the Chinese snuff bottle to prospective collectors. The author, consultant to Sotheby's on the topic, guides the reader through the history of snuff-taking, then surveys the many
varieties of snuff bottles available, putting particular emphasis on materials and decoration techniques.
Long description:
Among the most beautiful of the world's 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 20 years or so, 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, particulary as the spectacular rise in value of these small items has proved a spur to the skilled faker.
Illustrated with 24 full-colour and 16 black-and-white plates, this book serves as a useful and entertaining introduction to the collecting of snuff bottles. After tracing the history of snuff in Chinese culture, the author surveys the many styles of snuff bottles, dividing them by materials and methods of decoration used.
