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KOI CARP REVERSE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Chinese traditional glass snuff bottles, particularly those featuring koi fish, originated in the 18th-century Qing Dynasty and were designed to store tobacco, which was valued for its medicinal properties while smoking was banned.
Koi-themed bottles often use "inside painting" (Nei Hua) techniques, a 19th-century innovation where artists painted intricate, reversed images inside translucent glass bottles.
Chinese traditional glass snuff bottles, particularly those featuring koi fish, originated in the 18th-century Qing Dynasty and were designed to store tobacco, which was valued for its medicinal properties while smoking was banned.
Koi-themed bottles often use "inside painting" (Nei Hua) techniques, a 19th-century innovation where artists painted intricate, reversed images inside translucent glass bottles.
$16.80
Original: $48.00
-65%KOI CARP REVERSE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE—
$48.00
$16.80Description
Chinese traditional glass snuff bottles, particularly those featuring koi fish, originated in the 18th-century Qing Dynasty and were designed to store tobacco, which was valued for its medicinal properties while smoking was banned.
Koi-themed bottles often use "inside painting" (Nei Hua) techniques, a 19th-century innovation where artists painted intricate, reversed images inside translucent glass bottles.
