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The habit of snuff-taking spread to China from the West during the 17th century and became established in the 18th century. People generally carried snuff in a small bottle. By the 20th century these bottles had become collectors' items, owing to the great variety of materials and decorative techniques used in their production.","physicalDescription":"The bottle is a flattened ovoid form with a flared neck and a flat-topped stopper.\r\nIt is made of porcelain, moulded in relief with a reticulated surface forming an outer casing over an inner body, and covered with blue enamel.\r\nThe flat upper surface of the neck-rim and the underside of the foot are gilded.\r\nThe stopper is made of jadeite jade set in silver.\r\nThe relief depicts Taoist emblems and flowers, perhaps gardenias, on a ground of cloud scrolls. There are lappet borders around the base and the shoulder and a key-fret border around the neck. On the underside of the neck-rim and around the foot there is a line of dots.\r\nThe foot is high with a curved indentation underneath.\r\nThe moulded decoration is almost identical to that on the red bottle C.1049-1917. This design is most common in red, which suggests it was inspired by the appearance of lacquer objects. 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