What is the snuff bottle in Qing Palace? Is it a national treasure?

Speaking of snuff bottles in Qing dynasty, there is a very interesting story. At the end of the Qing dynasty, a member of the royal family wanted to be an official, so he spent 65438+100000 silver and bought two snuff bottles in Italy, one ruby and one sapphire.

He was afraid to ask Cixi directly, so he asked eunuch Li to introduce him.

This member of the royal family knows nothing about the value of rubies and sapphires. I heard that sapphire is of high value, so he asked Li to give it to the Queen Mother, and vowed to give the ruby to Lillian when it was done.

Li is disgusted with the speculation of this member of the royal family and wants to "manage" it. After accepting two snuff bottles, he presented the sapphire to Cixi, but told Empress Dowager Cixi that this sapphire snuff bottle was not as good as Hongjili. Why didn't he give you the red one?

Cixi patted her thigh. Yes, what color is blue? It is the color of the sky. It turns out that he has become a way to scold me to death, which makes me so angry. Cixi was red-faced and thick-necked, and suddenly flew into a rage, and immediately ordered her to plead guilty.

This member of the royal family was not only ignored, but also punished. Of course, sixty-five thousand four hundred and thirty-eight+two million and two thousand silver hit Shui Piao, and two snuff bottles will not come back. That's asking for it. Flattery has been caught on the horse's leg.

(Qing palace snuff bottle)

It is said that snuff was discovered by an Italian smoker and has a history of more than 500 years. "Snuff" is an invention patent of Yongzheng. Foreigners paid tribute to the Qing court, which was used by the emperor to reward ministers. After use, ministers think that smelling snuff can prevent colds.

Yongzheng took the lead in changing snuff bottles into snuff bottles. Due to the downward effect, making snuff bottles in the court became a common practice.

In the Palace Museum in Beijing, there are many snuff bottles for emperors. Some of these snuff bottles are painted with copper and porcelain tires, and some are painted with glass tires.

There is a Kangxi snuff bottle with a height of 6 cm, a caliber of 1 cm and a foot diameter of 2 cm. The bronze tire is gold-plated, decorated with the same plum pattern on both sides, with white glaze on the bottom and light on both sides. The neck is decorated with two rings of hanging leaves, and the shoulders are decorated with hook patterns. This is a kind of enamel, with the model of "Kangxi Imperial".

Another purse-type snuff bottle with enamel hook and painted in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty is also based on white glaze, with two central lines and two shoulders with twigs, and a sapphire glass cover with an ivory spoon.

The painted enamel peacock snuff bottle at the time of Qianlong was also gold-plated with copper tires and hammered into the shape of a peacock. The whole bottle is full of colorful colors of red, blue, white and green;

The bottleneck and bottle body are yellow, which is also made by Yangxintang. The height of this snuff bottle is 4.9 cm and the caliber is 1.2 cm.

(Qing palace snuff bottle)

In addition to painted enamel mother-infant snuff bottles, there are also some glass fetal snuff bottles, such as enamel melon butterfly snuff bottles, which are made into gourd shapes; Glass tire enamel women's hookah is square.

The snuff bottles made by the Qing court have different shapes and are made of official kiln glass with bright colors and smooth and delicate texture. There are all kinds of paintings on the pot, such as triumphant, landscape paintings of figures, Kangxi paintings of Qianlong and so on.

The raw materials for making colored glass are mainly soda ash, quartz stone, feldspar and quartz sand, which are fired at high temperature, somewhat similar to the method of making glass. Glass is transparent, and coloured glaze is translucent. During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the feeder was developed and the technology was advanced.

Snuff bottles, reflecting people's aesthetic taste and production technology in Ming and Qing dynasties, not only have the daily function of wind and cold protection, but also can be played by royal nobles.

It's really hard to put such a beautiful thing down.

(The pictures in the article are from the Internet, if there is any intrusion)