鼻烟壶,这种盛装鼻烟所用的容器原产于美洲,明末清初之际,欧洲诸国把鼻烟和鼻烟盒作为敦睦邦交的特别礼物进贡给了中国朝廷,其后千姿百态的鼻烟壶开始流行于清代各个阶层,人们在互敬鼻烟之中显示着深厚的礼仪传统,也成为身份地位的象征。制作鼻烟壶的材料非常广泛,瓷质、玉质、水晶、金属等 The snuff bottle, a container used to hold snuff, is native to the Americas. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, snuff and snuff boxes were donated to the Chinese court by snuff and snuff boxes as the special gifts of Dunhuang relations. At all levels of the Qing Dynasty, people showed a profound tradition of etiquette among the snobs of respect and became the symbol of status. Production of snuff bottles is very wide range of materials, porcelain, jade, crystal, metal and so on