Snuff Bottle, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95), China, Murrhina agate with coral stopper, H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm), Snuff Bottles, Painting inside snuff bottles was a novel development in the nineteenth century. With an angled bamboo pen, the artist worked through the narrow opening of a bottle’s mouth to paint pictures or write calligraphy on its interior walls
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Snuff Bottle, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, Qianlong period, 1736–95, China, Murrhina agate, coral stopper, H, 2 1/8, 5.4 cm, Bottles, Painting inside, snuff, bottles, novel development, nineteenth century, angled bamboo, pen, artist worked, narrow opening, bottle, mouth, paint pictures, write calligraphy, interior walls
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