snuff-bottle
- Museum number
- PDF,A.423
- Description
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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.
- Production date
- 19thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 49 millimetres
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Width: 42 millimetres
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Depth: 19 millimetres
- Curator's comments
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Room 95 label text:
PDF A423
Snuff bottle with two dragons
Jesuit 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 glaze
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮
Qing dynasty, about AD 1800–1900
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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
- Location
- On display (G95/dc33/sh8)
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- PDF,A.423