Antique Snuff Containers

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This l...

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This ea...

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This ea...

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This ea...

Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynasty society, the practice provided an opportunity to display one's refined aesthetic through collectible snuff containers. This 19...

It's housed in its original fitted case, circa 1820 Measures: 2 3/8” length Works of skillful and attentive artistry, snuff containers were objects of beauty as well as util...

The satirical rendering of the figure suggests the object functioned not only as a luxurious snuff container but also as a conversation piece, reflecting the interplay of wit, exotic...

An extremely unusual and rare 19th century snuff box or container in the shape of a nude woman or medical model.

George III style with Moorish mid-eastern or Indian influence, large decorative octagonal bronze tea caddie box with a hinged lid. The box has perforated holes design at the base, oc...

Small 18th Century Brass Two Compartment Brass Container Originally Used For Tea or Tobacco.

Antique collectible opium container Mughal Art round lidded box. This stylish lidded box is veneered with ivory color white bone sections engraved and hand painted with floral Mughal...

Used historically to store precious substances such as camwood powder, tobacco snuff, or ritual materials, these containers were symbols of prestige and were often part of a chief’s ...

The silhouette of this lovely, diminutive snuff container suggests the form of a seed pod or flower bud.

Deeply incised fluting also embellishes more familiar status objects from the region, including meat platters, neckrests, snuff containers, and staffs. It is possible that these were...

Doyle New York, Asian Works of Art, March 13, 2017, lot #245 For a similar bottle see: Raymond Li, The Medicine-Snuff Bottle Connection: Chinese Miniature Containers: A Dual Rol...

The charming boy looks at you with a sweet smile, his container full of snuff to make you happy. He is carved of fruitwood, the lid lined with tortoise shell.

Antique Chinese Moss Agate Snuff Bottle, 19th century. The bottle of a deep forest green color overall with white and brown inclusions. The finely carved rounded square form well ho...

Good Chinese Reverse Painted & Overlaid Glass Snuff Bottle The shaped spherical body with ruby overlay cut to clear, with stylized flattened mask and ring handles at the sides, ...

A Hand Painted crystal Glass snuff bottle from China by respected Chinese artist Zhang He, born 1963, China. The bottle is intricately painted on the inside or 'reverse painted glass...

Chinese Overlaid Peking Glass Master Snuff Bottle The shaped spherical pale celadon body overlaid and cut on each side with an amber colored chimera, on a raised foot, jade cap with...

By far the most beautifull glass snuff bottle I have ever seen. The pictures can not show how nice it is, 19th century. Provenance: Collection Morpurgo Amsterdam From the Louise a...

A Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle, Qing Dynasty. The flattened ovoid form symmetrically rendered from a waxy spinach green speckled nephrite stone having a high shoulder and short stout ro...

Good Chinese Agate Snuff Bottle The shaped rectangular body with russet to gray and clear mottling, the sides with flattened mask and ring handles, on a raised foot, with metal cap ...

Antique Chinese Peking Red Overlay Snowflake Glass Snuff Bottle, of flattened ovoid shape with sloping shoulders, round neck, thin and flat mouth rim, raised oval foot and countersun...

Antique Chinese Agate Master Snuff Bottle, 19th century. Larger scale bottle of pale translucent color with varied caramel inclusions, symmetrical rectangular form with sloping shoul...