200 snuff bottles you should know (Chinese Edition)

Snuff bottle is the special aid for storing the snuffs, also a unique specie in Chinese ancien cultural relics. It emerged with the rise of the snuff suction custom. The manufature of the snuff bottle in Qing dynasty started from the imperial mill, then spread to the folk workshop. Due to the favor and promotion of the emperor Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the manufature of the snuff bottle developed from the palace to the public, and the bottles with strong local color appeared soon such as Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Beijing ,Shandong, Jidezhen, Fuzhou, Inner Mongolia and Yixing. The magistrates also tribute the exquisite snuff bottles to the palace to pleasing the emperor. Therefore, the manufacture of snufff bottles presented a situation of both offical and civilian flourishing.