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FAQ | Shipping | Payment | Return Policy | Contact Us | Auctions Only | Buy It Now Only | About Us Description : Chinese Wonderful Snuff Bottle Material : Enamel Glass Size/Height :3-3/4" Remark : Wonderful workmanship! So intricate! It's a great gift for someone you love or a great addition to your collection. Proud to own one! Shipping & Insurance Orders are shipped within 1-2 business days after payment clears. Combine shipping : Items must be combine within 7 days from the first item purchase, and paid for in one total payment. To calculate: Total shipping fee = Highest single item shipping fee + The rest items additional shipping fee as stated Most items will be shipped by air mail, for high value items we recommend EMS. Shipping fee by EMS is about $20 extra, ship by Fedex or DHL is about $30 extra, email us for details and pricing. Insurance is Optional. Insurance for this item is $1.00. Shipping & Handling Fee USA UK Rest of the World Int'l Air mail First Item (7-14 days) Additional Item Chinese Snuff bottle History Chinese snuff bottle can trace back to middle 1600's.It is 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. Due to it is exceptional versatility of style, technique and material, all in one small object, as well as the fine craftsmanship, these tiny masterpieces quickly became one of the most notable representations of the use of artistic skill throughout the Qing Dynasty. The snuff comes to China in Longqing Period of Ming Dynasty. At that time, people put snuff into the bottle as medicine. When you want to use it, you can get it from the bottle, it's very convenient. The utensil that is filled with snuff was called "snuff bottle". Snuff is a kind of pharmaceutical preparation which the perfect ground tobacco powder is put into some rare medicinal Herb's-musk, etc. and sealed them into the wax pills and then staled for several different kinds of color, such as dark purple, deep yellow, pale yellow and so on. It tastes mellow and sharp . It is said that it can make eyes bright, refresh, exorcise epidemic disease, invigorate the circulation of blood. During the 1700's snuff increased in popularity among the Chinese, which created a great demand for Snuff Bottles. They became conversation pieces and collectable items almost immediately. Collecting snuff bottles became the newest nationwide habit, and it spread to all of the social classes with the actual snuff-taking, at the very end of the eighteenth century. The finer the snuff bottle, the more respected was its owner. Snuff bottles were made out of every material of which the Chinese knew.This included Gold, Silver, Copper, Porcelain, Bowlder, Coral, Agate, Jade, Crystal, Wood, Bamboo root, gourd, Ivory etc. The snuff bottle not only has a certain practicability, also as an important present in international intercourse. According to the history record, Emperor Kang Xi 58 Year(1719) of Qing Dynasty, Peter the Great of Russia has been deputed to Yisi Mand Luofu as Chinese ambassador. They visited chinese glass factory of Made department in Yangxin Palace after they went to China, and saw lots of fine snuff bottles. The snuff bottles in Qing Dynasty were presents to foreign kings by the Shengzu emperor of Qing Dynasty through foreign ambassadors. Payments & Returns Payment should be sent with in 7 days after auction. Please use ebay checkout to pay or request total. Paypal: I prefer paypal. If you have a different shipping address or special instructions about shipping, please include in paypal transaction note, better to follow than email. Online Credit Card: Visa / Master/ American Express. Email us you if pay by credit card, we will send you a secure link to pay for. Bank wire, T/T, or other forms of payment, please contact us.Return Policy Satisfaction guaranteed. We refund or exchange the item if it's damaged or lost. The item should be returned within 30 days. Please contact us by email before return the goods. The shipping fee and insurance is not refundable. About Us Look Sea Enterprises started selling online since 2001. We have served thousands of customers from all over the world. Our customers love our products and service. If you have any questions please click here to view our Frequently Asked Questions Page . Or contact us by email, most emails are responded to within 24 hours. We work 5-1/2 days a week. (Note: Bidders who use free email like AOL, Yahoo, the reply email may fall into your junk mail box. Please send your email directly or try send email by other account.) Shop by category or search our store: Enter Keyword More about Me On May-31-07 at 20:31:11 PDT, seller added the following information: Free selling management from ChannelMAX.Net looksea Store Affordable Auction Management Solutions @ inkFrog
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