The tenth and final installment of Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection consists of 214 lots of snuff bottles in different media, reflecting the rich diversity and artistry of Qing ...

"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 ...

Chances are it’s been a while since you reached into your snuff bottle for a good, strong pinch of snuff. Indeed, you may have never seen one of these vessels, made to hold dried tobacco historically ...

Rivers and Mountains Far from the World: Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Rachelle R. Holden Collection, borrows its evocative title from the scholarly catalogue published by the late ...

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 ...