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Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue&White Dragon Meiping Snuff Bottle 18/19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in meiping form, painted in underglaze blue and white with a
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
$1,238 Sale Price
24% Off
Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle with a spoon top, which we date to
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar s Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Red Carved Cinnabar Snuff Bottle Chrysanthemum 18-19th Cent Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle of flattened globular form and well carved with
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Snuff Bottle Melons 19c Qing Daoguang Mk
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, finely carved with melons, butterflies and bats
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue
White Crackle Glaze 100 Boys Snuff Bottle Vase
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in ovoid form, painted in underglaze blue and white in "100
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Shadow Agate "Floater" Snuff Bottle Jadeite Inlay 18c-19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese banded shadow agate snuff bottle "floater", very well hollowed and raised on a
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Carved Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle Tiger
s Eye Stopper 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese rock crystal snuff bottle, finely carved in low relief with a lotus scene to one
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Export Snuff Bottle in Overlay Cameo Glass Finely Carved, circa 1920s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1920s
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar s Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue&White Crackle Glaze Meiping Snuff Bottle 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in meiping form, painted in underglaze blue and white of a
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Fencai Famille Rose Snuff Bottle Boys 19c Qing Guangxu Mark
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese poly-chrome fencai porcelain snuff bottle in cylindrical form, finely decorated
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Aqua Cobalt Blue Carved Glass Snuff Bottle Cranes 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese light aqua cobalt blue glass snuff bottle, finely carved in relief with cranes in
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Inside Painted Yellow Glass Mini Snuff Bottle Republic 20c IPSB
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese inside painted yellow glass mini snuff bottle with a translucent hardstone
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Figurines and Sculptures
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Chinese Inside Painted Blue Glass Snuff Bottle Republic 19-20c IPSB
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese inside painted blue glass snuff bottle with a jadeite stopper. Inside painted
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Figurines and Sculptures
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle "Yan Yutian" Republic 20c IPSB
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese inside painted glass snuff bottle, finely painted on four faceted panels with
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
$2,065 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Chinese Inside Painted Hair Crystal Snuff Bottle "Ye Zhongsan" ROC IPSB
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Chinese inside painted rutile hair crystal snuff bottle, signed "YE ZHONGSAN" (1875-1945
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Honey Amber Imperial Yellow Glass Qing
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite antique Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle. Hand crafted in beautiful
Category
Vintage 1910s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Fencai Hand Painted Snuff Bottle 20th Cen
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, hand painted with a beauty in a courtyard setting on each
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Fencai Dog in Courtyard Jade Stopper 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, decorated in fencai with a dog in a garden court yard
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$245 Sale Price
30% Off
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle -Two Birds in Tree - Jade Stopper 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, decorated in fencai with a pair of red birds in
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Cartier Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles in Original Box
By Cartier
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Exquisite Suite of Three French Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles with Coral and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Enamel Frames and Objects
Materials
Silver
Cartier Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles in Original Box
By Cartier
Located in Queens, NY
An Exquisite Suite of Three French Silver-Mounted Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottles with Coral and
Category
Early 20th Century French Qing Ceramics
Materials
Coral, Silver
Vintage Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle IPSB Court Ladies Poem 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese inside painted faceted glass snuff bottle, hand decorated with 3 court ladies in
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
Antique Chinese Color Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Bats Yellow Snowstorm Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
This fine Qing period antique snuff bottle is a beautiful example of color glass overlay
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Clear glass snuff bottle with blue overlay, China 19th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Clear glass snuff bottle with blue overlay, China 19th century
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Antiquities
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Chinese Mini Inside Painted Snuff Bottle Lotus Blossoms Signed Qing 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
Vintage Chinese inside painted glass mini snuff bottle, masterfully reverse hand painted a lotus
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Porcelain Fencai Iron Red Dragon Clouds Snuff Bottle Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
This fine Chinese porcelain snuff bottle is a beautiful example of fencai, or "famille rose
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
China Republic 1912-1960 Inside Paint Carved Rock Crystal Vase Silver
Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
bottle.
Inside-painted bottles are associated with Chinese snuff bottles. The earliest inside painted
Category
Vintage 1940s Chinese Chinese Export Antiquities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$15,880 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Antique Chinese Lapis Lazuli Relief Carved Snuff Bottle on Stand c.1920
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese hand carved lapis lazuli snuff bottle, relief carved with a boy figure to one side
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Chinese Rock Crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Chinese rock crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle
Qing Dynasty, 19th Century
of rounded rectangular
Category
Antique 19th Century Antiquities
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Ruby Red Carved Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle 12 Zodiacs 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese ruby red carved glass overlay snuff bottle with 12 zodiac animals on snowstorm
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Figurines and Sculptures
Antique Chinese 5 Color Glass Overlay Carved Snuff Bottle 8 Treasures 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese multi-color (5) glass overlay snuff bottle with eight treasures finely carved in
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Figurines and Sculptures
Antique Chinese 3 Color Liuli Glass Imitating Shadow Agate Snuff Bottle 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese 3 color Peking glass imitating shadow agate snuff bottle in flattened globular form
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Shadow Agate Cameo Relief Carved Snuff Bottle Scholar Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
A Chinese late Qing dynasty shadow agate snuff bottle, exquisitely carved to depict a scene of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Agate
Rare Antique Chinese Molded Gourd Snuff Bottle With Stand 19c Qing Guangxu Mark
Located in Richmond, CA
Rare antique Chinese moulded gourd snuff bottle, with a fan and a scroll (two Buddhist treasures
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Antique Chinese Porcelain Iron Red 5 Claw Dragon Baluster Snuff Bottle 19c Qing
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique Chinese porcelain snuff bottle in baluster form, finely painted in iron red, of a scaly
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Models and Miniatures
Natural white jade and agate snuff bottle
Located in Pasadena, CA
This natural white jade carved as snuff bottle, is accompanied by a natural agate stopper. The
Category
20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Figurines and Sculptures
Antique Chinese Carved Dark Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
A fine and beautiful carved dark rock crystal snuff bottle, a deep carving interior with a carol
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal
Natural White Jade and Agate Snuff Bottle
Located in Pasadena, CA
Expertly carved from natural white jade, this snuff bottle showcases intricate scenes on both sides
Category
20th Century Chinese Artisan Figurines and Sculptures
Set of Four Chinese Snuffboxes or Snuff Bottles, Porcelain Enemaled early 20th c
Located in Labrit, Landes
Set of four snuff bottle made in the early 20th century
Porcelain, colored glass and onyx (one plug
Category
Vintage 1920s Chinese Ceramics
Materials
Onyx
$1,216 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle Cobalt Blue Relief 5 Claw Dragons Mid-20c
Located in Richmond, CA
A vintage Chinese porcelain snuff bottle, finely decorated with two scaly slithering cobalt blue
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
$488 Sale Price
24% Off
Vintage Chinese Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle White Qilin on Yellow Ground mid 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
This mid 20th-century Chinese glass overlay snuff bottle is a fine example of the intricate overlay
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Glass
Antique Chinese Silvered Copper Alloy White Jade Inset Snuff Bottle Qing c.1900
Located in Richmond, CA
Fine antique Chinese Qing Dynasty silvered golden copper alloy snuff bottle of hulu double gourd
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Jade, Silver, Copper
Chinese Cinnabar Red Glass Overlay Snuff Bottle Mandarin Duck Lotus Jade 20c ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
Experience the allure of this Republic period snuff bottle, a vibrant piece that embodies the rich
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Milk Glass
A Shadow Agate
Horse
Snuff Bottle Chinese, Qing Dynasty 19th Century,
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Shadow Agate 'Horse' Snuff Bottle
Chinese, Qing Dynasty 19th Century, has stopper
6.35 cm, 2 1
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Chinese Carved Ruby Red Glass Overlay Clear Horses Snuff Bottle Qing 19c
Located in Richmond, CA
Antique late Qing Dynasty ruby red glass overlay clear ground snuff bottle, hand carved with a
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Jade
Chinese Export Porcelain Snuff or Lidded Bottle hand painted, Qing Late 18th C.
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a Chinese porcelain small Lidded Bottle or snuff Bottle, finely hand painted with flowers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle Water Margin IPSB Ya Qin c.2009
Located in Richmond, CA
This remarkable glass snuff bottle, crafted by the esteemed artist Ya Qing in the spring of 2009
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Cut Glass
$665 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Enamel On Swirl Glass Snuff Bottle Carps Koi Fish Lotus Jade Stopper 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
Introducing a vibrant piece of late 20th-century craftsmanship, this snuff bottle stands as a fine
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Milk Glass
Antique Mongolian Snuff Bottle Swivel Stopper Late 19th Century
Located in Richmond, CA
An antique Mongolian horn snuff bottle, finely crafted with a swivel stopper
circa: 1900, Late
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Scholar s Objects
Materials
Organic Material
Rock Crystal Quartz Snuff Bottle with Blue Calcite
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful natural rock crystal quartz snuff bottle. Carved on the raised exterior, a vase with
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal
$299 Sale Price
45% Off
Antique Chinese Carved Rock Crystal with Pink Grain Snuff Bottle, 19th Century
Located in Norton, MA
A fine and beautiful carved rock crystal snuff bottle, a deep carving interior with an agate cap, a
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Agate, Rock Crystal
Antique Life-like Chinese Red Jasper Carved Frog Snuff Bottle Qing ROC c.1900/30
Located in Richmond, CA
A large antique Chinese hand carved red jasper snuff bottle, in the form of a sitting frog, life
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Stone
Blue And White Porcelain Snuff Bottle – Early 20th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Chinese Blue and White Porcelain Snuff Bottle – Early 20th Century
A fine hand-painted porcelain
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Porcelain
Important Chinese Incised
Filled Gourd Snuff Bottle "Ruan Guang Yu" 阮光宇 c.1959
Located in Richmond, CA
A masterfully carved hulu gourd snuff bottle by the esteemed artist Ruan Guang Yu (阮光宇, 1903-1960
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Scholar s Objects
Materials
Organic Material
White Jade Snuff Bottle with Chilong
Lotus Motif, Green Jadeite Cap
By Artistian Made
Located in San Diego, CA
A masterfully carved white jade snuff bottle, showcasing a sinuous chilong grasping a lotus/lingzhi
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Artisan Models and Miniatures
Inside Painted Crystal, "Rainy Day" Snuff Bottle by Zhang Zenlou, 2012
By Zhang Zenlou
Located in Tainan, TW
painted snuff bottle in Ji school. He is currently a researcher at the China Academy of Art, chairman of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Paintings
Materials
Rock Crystal
Inside Painted Crystal, "Harvest Year" Snuff Bottle by Zhang Zenlou, 2018
By Zhang Zenlou
Located in Tainan, TW
painted snuff bottle in Ji school. He is currently a researcher at the China Academy of Art, chairman of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Paintings
Materials
Crystal
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There is a range of Chinese snuff bottles for sale on 1stDibs. Frequently made of stone, glass and ceramic, all Chinese snuff bottles available were constructed with great care. There are 412 antique and vintage Chinese snuff bottles for sale at 1stDibs, while we also have 24 modern editions to choose from as well. Chinese snuff bottles have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Chinese snuff bottles are generally popular furniture pieces, but modern, folk art and mid-century modern styles are often sought at 1stDibs. There have been many well-made Chinese snuff bottles over the years, but those made by Li Yingtao, Zhang Zenlou and Cartier are often thought to be among the most beautiful.
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Prices for Chinese snuff bottles can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, Chinese snuff bottles begin at $25 and can go as high as $65,000, while the average can fetch as much as $650.
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- What is an antique snuff bottle?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Snuff bottles were used in China in the early 18th century. The bottle contained powdered tobacco, which was illegal to smoke, but was considered a remedy for colds and headaches and was therefore allowed in bottles in powdered form. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic snuff bottles from some of the world’s top sellers.
- What is a snuff bottle used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021Snuff bottles are containers designed to hold small amounts of snuff, which is a type of powdered tobacco popularized in China during the Qing Dynasty for its medicinal advantages. Find a variety of antique and modern snuff bottles to shop on 1stDibs.
- What are Chinese snuff bottles?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Chinese snuff bottles are decorative containers originally produced during the Qing Dynasty. Their original purpose was to hold powdered tobacco. However, most people use snuff bottles as decorative objects today. You can find a range of Chinese snuff bottles on 1stDibs.
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