Cloisonne Pagoda Snuff Bottle

Snuff bottles were often used during the Qing dynasty. Owned by doctors, they contained a mixture of tobacco and other leaves as an herbal medicine. Pagodas represent the spread of Buddhism throughout China and how dominant it became.

To produce cloisonné enamel, one must make copper base and apply thin wires to form the desired design; the wires are then soldered to the body, and then the design is filled with different colored enamels in multiple stages. Finally, the bottle is then polished and gilded.