Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark
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Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China Mark

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The snuff bottle is of a flattened ovoid form tapering in the bottom to a recessed short oval shape raised foot.  The straight neck ends in a flat top.  The inside painting within the bottle features a panoramic landscape painting.  It is done in the Southern School of landscape painting.  There is a river with a fisherman fishing at its bank; in the middle of the water is a promontory and overlapping mountains at the back.  Two boats with white sails sail pass a small village in the distance.  The artist painter was well versed in Chinese landscape painting traditions. 

 The bottle is matched with a pink glass cap encased in brass and the stopper is cork. There is no spoon.  A CHINA mark was scratched on the base, it is very faint.  It can be surmised that these bottles were exported to US for sale at the World Expositions, and the country of origin had to be shown on the object.  That would place the date before the 1920's.  Few clear blue glass snuff bottles are made today, thus eliminating the idea that this bottle is new.

Dimensions: 1.5 inches wide and 3 inches high

Condition: there is small scratches around the opening, but the bottle is in good condition. No spoon provided.