Snuff Bottle
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
Not on view
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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