New York - Christie’s is pleased to announce the sales of Asian Art Week for Fall 2015, a series of nine sales, starting from 15 September to 18 September. The week will present over a thousand lots ...
The tenth and final installment of Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection consists of 214 lots of snuff bottles in different media, reflecting the rich diversity and artistry of Qing ...
WHAT: When Christie’s New York sold Part II of a private collection of Chinese snuff bottles last month, the 154 lots totaled just under $1 million. One, a sandwiched pink glass bottle in the form of ...
The prices of antique Chinese snuff bottles have been on the rise in recent years, and it is likely only a matter of time before they really take off. In the last decade, China’s newly minted ...
"The snuff is put into glass bottles [of various colours]... The white [ones] as clear as crystal, the red like fire. What lovely things they are!" raved Wang Shizhen, a high-ranking minister of the ...
Chances are it’s been a while since you reached into your snuff bottle for a good, strong pinch of snuff. Indeed, you may have never seen one of these vessels, made to hold dried tobacco historically ...
On Wednesday, October 15 at 2 p.m., the AGO welcomes Robert Hall and Stuart Sargent for a discussion about the more than 200 Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Thomson Collection of European Art. Artist ...
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