Snuff Bottles

	An Imperial Qing Tradition: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Humphrey K. F. Hui & Christopher C. H. Sin - 9627502111 Illustrating the Palace Museum Collection, Book II covers the Tang, Liao, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 1 Jade - 9789627502166 The first of 7 volumes covering the entire Bloch collection of over 1,400 bottles. Volume 1 Jade exhaustively covers every aspect of each of the 187 jade bottles in the Collection. Each piece demonstrates the genius of its carver, bringing out the best of the material and concept. An essential reference for lovers of Chinese snuff bottles, the subsequent volumes will cover other types of snuff bottle media, including agate, glass, ceramics, etc. Each volume is beautifully produced and individ... $255.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 2 Quartz - 9789627502371 This second volume illustrates bottles made of materials in the quartz family, including chalcedony, agate, crystal, jasper, etc. Beautifully illustrated with enlarged details, each bottle is extensive researched and described. $265.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 3 Stones Ot - 9789627502388 This third volume covers bottles made of materials such as soapstone, inkstone, pebblestone, bowenite, turquoise, lapis lazuli, beryl, aquamarine, limestone, etc. Each bottle is extensively researched and described. $157.50     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 4 Inside Pa - 9789627502524 Beautifully produced, the volume presents over 200 masterpieces of inside-painted bottles of the 19th and 20th century. Top of the line bottles from various famous artists and collections are represented. Each bottle is extensively described together with photographs of multiple views and close-ups of each bottle. It is an essential reference on inside-painted Chinese snuff bottles. $225.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 5 Glass - 9789627502609 This volume illustrates over 350 glass snuff bottles in the collection of Mary and George Bloch. Includes essays on glassmaking in the Qing dynasty, gifts and giving at the Chinese court, types of glass and glass making techniques, and snuff bottles in the Qing glass production. $265.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 6 Art of the Fire - 9789881764119 This volume illustrates over 1,000 fired snuff bottles in the collection of Mary and George Bloch. It covers everything that is fired with an updated overview of Palace enameling on glass and metal and enameling on glass, metal and porcelain at other centers, including the early Qianlong enameled porcelain bottles made under Tang Ying at Jingdezhen. It also covers cloisonne enamels from Beijing and Guangzhou and Yixing and other regional ceramic production centers $270.00     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: Volume 7 Organic, - 9789881764126 Volume 7 covers all organic materials used in production of snuff bottles as represented in the Block Collection, and a study of metal and mixed-media snuff bottle production, including an updated assessment of the Shunzhi dated bronze group of bottles signed Cheng Rongzhang. It also covers the significant group of snuff bottles produced in Japan for collectors between 1854 and the 1930s in ivory, lacquer, lac-burgaute and other mixed-media, among other materials. $225.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Blair Bequest: Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Princeton University Museum - 9627502626 This lavishly illustrated book catalogues for the first time more than 300 snuff bottles that make up one of the most impressive collections of snuff bottles in the United States. Imperial enamels, superb porcelains and glass, stunning agates and jades, as well as rare organic bottles abound. The collection was left for the Princeton University in 1936 by the elusive Colonel James A. Blair Jr. His fascinating biography from early beginnings in Tiffin, Ohio, to banker and club man in New York,... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary & George Bloch - 0714114650 Illustrating over 470 bottles, this new volume includes many previously unpublished bottles, some are very rare examples from the Palace Museum workshops. Published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum in June, 1995. $99.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Edward Choate O'Dell Collection - 0960966803 An important exhibition featuring snuff bottles in the collection of Edward Choat O'Dell, founder and president of The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society. Most snuff bottles media are represented. Each piece is described and a glossary of Chinese terms is included. $44.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Inkplay in Microcosm: Inside-Painted Snuff Bottles - 9627101621 From 19th century onwards, inside-painted snuff bottles have registered extraordinary ingenuity by dexterously integrating the classical art of Chinese painting and calligraphy with the craft. Snuff bottles were elevated from functional containers to an interesting and long-lasting miniature art that perpetuates into modern days. Inkplay in Microcosm is a sequel of Imperial Connection, which was published in 1998. The comprehensive selection of 156 representative inside-painted snuff bottles ... $107.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Ma Shouxaun Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle Artist (1867-1939) - 9627502308 Ma Shouxaun Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle Artist is a biography and study of Ma Shaoxuan by his grandson Ma Zengshan. It is an important personal narrative recounting his life and career by a grandson who provides details about his background, date of birth, training and education, the origin of his art name and the seals he used, his attraction to inside-painted portrait bottles and the choice of calligraphic texts that appear on the reverse of so many different types of bottles. $69.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Snuff Bottles for Connoisseur's Collection - 9620410289 This volume features rare samples of 450 Chinese snuff bottles, many of which are shown for the first time to the public. Accompanying the illustrations are essays by renowned specialists in classical Chinese decorative art, including Yang Boda, Geng Baochang, Wang Shixiang and Wang Xishan. The catalog also includes expert evaluations of connoisseurship by individual collectors of snuff bottles, helping to form a critical evaluation of what is truly beautiful. $93.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles - 0834801191 Out of print for more than 10 years, this exceptional book has become a rare item sought after by collectors for many years. This important limited edition reprint is inevitable and fulfills the growing need of new collectors for reliable and useful reference on the subject. This book is produced in Japan with high quality to ensure the superb feel of the original edition. Each copy is hand-numbered. It covers snuff bottles made of all the various precious materials and discusses the fundamen... $102.50     View Details Add To Cart