Snuff Bottle: Vintage Banded Green Malachite Snuff BottlePrior to the 1950's, objects made of Malachite were often encased in bronze ormolu, often associated with the royal palaces of Europe, especially Russia where pieces of this beautiful green stone were specially cut to make into stairs in the royal palaces. The emergence of malachite snuff bottles after China became a Republic may be attributed to the China Africa trades where the Chinese businessmen brought back these stones with striations in varying

It is a symbol for wealth

Among my research

In their spare time

The snuff bottle carver was very clever with his depiction

The paintings in bright blues and rose and greens and yellows are attractive and showed off the skills of the artist painters

My best guess is that this small bottle vase was an experimental piece

even in Zen Koans

to their left

iron and aluminum silicate

their cool surfaces provide a respite from the summer heat

who speaks no evil

and Liu Hai's coin was tied to the flying scarf or ribbon over his head