中国国宝系列：清代鼻烟壶
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江西南昌
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作者张荣 著，王国振，汉定 译
出版社五洲传播出版社
ISBN9787508518459
出版时间2010-11
装帧平装
开本其他
定价156元
货号21056821
上书时间2024-11-01
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前言
PrefaceA snuff bottle, as a snuff container, represents a unique variety of China’s ancient cultural relics. It first appeared in the royal court in the Emperor Kangxi Period (1661–1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), became popular in the capital, and influenced the entire nation. It was made by large quantities in the royal and civil works. This was closely associated with the prevailing customs of taking snuff, and also related to the vigorous advocacy and participation of the emperors. Snuff bottles have become valuable artistic works appreciated, collected by people, although they were initially practical items.There is a legend about the appearance of snuff. In the middle of the 16th century, a European tobacco merchant ailed from a heavy stock that mildewed and deteriorated because of poor operation. While feeling desperate about the tobacco that piled up, the merchant smelled an unusual smell with his nose from the tobacco that mildewed. The smell was so unique and fascinating that he couldn’t help but breathing it with greed, and had an unprecedented experience. Enjoying this special taste, the merchant thought of another way to make a fortune. Shortly after that, the tobacco merchant, who almost went bankrupt, announced he had invented a new tobacco—snuff. Since then, people no longer needed to light cigarettes with fire, and no longer annoyed others because of dense smoke. This was one of the stories about how snuff came into being. Although it is impossible to judge whether this story is true or not, this story itself does make sense.In reality, to make true snuff, the first step is to grind superior tobacco into extremely fine powder, then flavor and precious medical materials such as muskiness are added to the powder, and finally the mixture is fine processed and sealed in wax balls for aging in several years before normal use. After aging in wax balls for several and even tens of years, snuff will have multiple colors like black purple, dark yellow and light yellow, and smell mellow and acrid. Specifically, there are mainly five smells—acid, smell of mutton, paste, soy and sweet. Sometimes, a snuff may have several smells, and acridity is the best. However, even an acrid snuff offers limitless mellowness after acridity.Just as American natives invented the tobacco lighted with fire to mitigate the fatigue of labor, Europeans or Chinese favored snuff, possibly because of its special functions needed by people. These functions mainly include several aspects: First, to refresh oneself and strike the eye; second, to prevent disease; third, to relax oneself and activate blood; fourth, to contain the social meanings like friendship, harmony and respect; and finally, to act as a token used to offer sacrifice to gods, Buddha and ancestors.According to the mainstream opinion, Matteo Ricci (1552–1610), an Italian missionary, came to China in the Emperor Wanli Period (1573–1620) of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) . He landed in Guangdong and traveled northwards to visit the emperor in Beijing. He offered his Italian snuff to the officials he met on the way, and also gave some precious snuff to the emperor. Fond of the snuff at the first glance, Emperor Wanli (Zhu Yijun, 1563–1620) highly praised Matteo Ricci, and offered him a high rank. This was known by some other Western envoys. Then, snuff became the best gift for Chinese emperors and local officials, and the habit of smelling snuff also spread quickly in China.Snuff bottles, small but exquisite, are favored because of both changeable moldings and colorful patterns. At the same time, their delicate packages are also fascinating. A snuff bottle is composed of a bottle, a bottle lid, a bottle spoon, a snuff plate and a package. Besides special appreciation, people used snuff bottles almost in the same way, and smelled snuff in unique manners. Some emptied a little snuff and then used a thin pipe to smell it; some poured snuff on the prominence of the thumb, then coated it to the noses and smelled it with force; and some in pursuit of taste fetched some snuff out of the snuff bottle, put it on a special snuff plate, then held the snuff plate with one hand, dipped some bottle with the thumb of the other hand, put the snuff near the noses and took it forcefully. After taking in the snuff, people would close their eyes to enjoy the snuff, then sneeze with relaxation and recall the large charge.The texture of the bottle lid could match the snuff bottle itself. Bottle lids feature rich texture and fine workmanship. The most common and also the most standard bottle lid is the gold plated copper lid with carved flower.......
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