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Tobacco originated with the Indians
of No
rth America, and they are the earliest people who are absorbed
the tobacco. The cenobite in Spain was followed Columbus to
the second exploration in 1903, and got to the Continent, also
found that the Indians have this kind of custom that to absorb
the tobacco. The tobacco in North America began to widespread
Europe through sailors, Boanerges and soldiers since 1960, and
snuff began to prevail in Europe. So some maharajas and peers
began to absorb the snuff, and become a kind of vogue in some
countries, even some princesses also absorbed the snuff slinkingly.
The princes were usual put the snuff into wine and drink out.
In the sequel, this kind of custom that absorbed the snuff was
widespreaded to all over the world.
Chinese snuff bottle has a long history
of four hundred years so far. It is a favourite thing as Chinese
cultural relic in the world. Also it's an epitome of Chinese
art. Chinese paintings, foreign paintings, calligraphy, engrave,
inlay, and bowlder, porcelain, lacquer, enamel and metal,
etc art all concentrate in snuff bottle.
The snuff comes to China in Longqing
Period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, people are put snuff into
the bottle asmedicine. When you want to use it, you can get
it from the bottle, it's very convenience. The utensil that
is filled with snuff was called "snuff bottle". The popular
snuff makes the snuff bottle developed quickly. People can make
different shape bottles use all kinds of material, such as:
Gold, Silver, Copper, Porcelain, Bowlder, Coral, Agate, Jade,
Crystal, Wood, Bamboo root, gourd, etc. The snuff bottle not
only has a certain practicability, also as an important present
in international intercourse. According to the history record,
Kangxi 58 Year(1719) of Qing Dynasty, Peter the Great of Russia
has been deputed to as Chinese ambassador. They visited chinese
glass factory of Made department in Yangxin Palace after they
got to China, and have seen lots of fine snuff bottles. The
snuff bottles in Qing Dynasty were changed present to foreign
kings by the Shengzu emperor of Qing Dynasty through foreign
ambassadors.
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