FORBIDDEN CITY PUBLISHING HOUSE — Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum

Peking : Forbidden City Publishing House 1998 Text in MANDARIN - ENGLISH 156 p. introduction, beautiful col. pictures of bottles with description, index HARDCOVER: (Org. red laminated paper covered boards with color photo of snuff bottle . UNREAD NEW) VERY RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER. Snuff bottle is a container for holding snuff. It has a small mouths and a large inside cavity, with a tight cover on the mouths,which connected with a small spoon putting in the inside cavity. People will be able to take out a spoon of snuff by opening the cover. The reason that snuff bottle has become valuable collections is because its extensively material as well as combining a variety of Arts and crafts.