Collectible Unique Chinese inner Painting Handmade Crane Snuff bottle Art

Description

New Chines inner hand-painted snuff bottle with ruby glass cork stopper.
This amazing Chinese inner reverse pained crane birds (Crane represents Longevity) motif.
Original Box
Materials: Glass
Size: 4"H 3"W
Weight: 9. 3Oz.
These Chinese snuff bottles artwork were at the very core of a fashion whose popularity had never before been experienced in Chinese extensive history.
Due to it's 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.
Aside from the inner reverse painting, the glass bottle has unique 3 sharp straight cuts. As you look it, you see two cylinder crane painting due to the intentional art of reflection.
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.
Inner painting, also known as inner drawing or inside painted, is a Chinese art form. It involves glass bottles which have pictures and often calligraphy painted on the inside surface of the glass. The bottles are produced by manipulating a specialized paint brush through the neck of the bottle. Inside-painted bottles are associated with Chinese snuff bottles. The earliest inside painted bottles are thought to have been made in the period between 1820 and 1830.