Chinese Figural and Animal Snuff Bottles
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A group of figural and animal form Chinese glass, porcelain and boxwood snuff bottles Including bottles in the form of a monkey, an elephant, a tree shrew, a carp, a frog and a figure of Buddha (12)
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- Boxwood - Boxwood is a hard, yellow coloured, close grained timber. In the 19th century it was often used for inlays, especially stringing, because of its contrasting colour to the darker timbers of the carcase. Stringing is the inlay of a narrow strip of veneer of a lighter colour, such as boxwood along or close to the edges of an object that has been veneered in a darker timber such as mahogany.
Because of its fine grain and resistnce to splitting or chipping it has also been used for treen, turnings, carvings and other small wooden items, such as chess pieces.
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