SNUFF BOTTLES OF CHINA. This item is unavailable.SNUFF BOTTLES OF CHINA

London [1971], Bibelot. Brown cloth, 158p., 44 tipped color plates, 1 b.w. illustrations, bibliography, glossary, small folio, 28 x 34 cm., clean solid copy. FIRST EDITION. Q U I T E R A R E A comprehensive reference source, covering in detail a history of snuff and the snuff bottle, introduction of tobacco to China, method of study & dating, the minerals, origins. . History of organic materials of animal & vegetable origin, manufacture, enamels, painted enamels on glass, painted on metal. Porcelain snuff bottles, carved decorated, method of manufacture, types & subjects, enamels over and under glaze, early, middle & modern schools. . A valuable, reliable source. ***.