The listing, VTG- Chinese Inside Painted Snuff Bottle – Set of 2- With Decorative Silk Snuff Bottle Box-VTG has ended.
These Chinese snuff bottles are paintings of Buddha, Chinese Symbols & Chinese Calligraphy
Features:
Materials: Glass, crystal, jade, rubber
Size: 3 ½ “ x 2”
Red jade & rubber stopper (no spoons-snuff bottles with spoons are illegal to import)
Not signed Not dated
100% Authentic Chinese Inside Hand Painted Bottles from back in the Chinese Day (Way, way back!)
Description:
1st Bottle:
Front-3 Tiered Miniature Bull & Cow Hand Painting
Back- 2 Tiered Miniature Bull & Calligraphy Painting
2nd Bottle:
Front-Hand Painted Buddha, the sage on whose teachings Buddhism was founded
Back: Hand Painted Large Chinese Character and Calligraphy below it
FYI:
Chinese Cultural Symbolic Bull (Man) Meanings:
Stability, Virility, Strength, Stamina, Provision, Confidence, Helpfulness, Determination
Chinese Cultural Cow (Woman) Symbolism:
Patience, Nourishment, Abundance, Fertility, Female Power, Potential, Possibility
Calming, Grounded, Provision
Condition:
No chips or cracks.
Some minute scuffing (dirt/grime) on inside of the bottle neck (2nd )
Details: The Chinese Box
Authentic to the period and original with the bottles
Decorated colors are green and gold
Lined with white silk w/ no rips or stains
Box edges & corners and lid are in excellent condition
Box lid enclosure is bone
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