The Chinese snuff bottle, used to hold powdered tobacco, is the result of global trade that first began when Europeans were exposed to the plant following Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage to the ...

The prices of antique Chinese snuff bottles have been on the rise in recent years, and it is likely only a matter of time before they really take off. In the last decade, China’s newly minted ...

Could you tell me what this is? I would also like to know how old it is and where it came from. Dear B. M.: In photos sent, the piece is shown disassembled. There is a small button-shaped component, a ...

IN A time when the market for Chinese treasures is constantly breaking records, the success of the sale of George and Mary Bloch's snuff bottles in Hong Kong still caught many off-guard. The May 28th ...

"The snuff is put into glass bottles [of various colours]... The white [ones] as clear as crystal, the red like fire. What lovely things they are!" raved Wang Shizhen, a high-ranking minister of the ...

The Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department at Brandeis houses 47 Chinese snuff bottles from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Brandeis acquired this collection ...