today: snuff bottles in contemporary times

wenting li: notes & sketches from the ago snuff bottle/ thomson european collection

hannah lim,  enchanted rose snuff bottle, 2021. jesmonite and polymer clay


singaporean-british artist exploring colonial relationships of east and west, orientalistm, chinoiserie, anthropomorphism

object & totem (julianna ahn), ode to the asian pear net bottle; hazy garden bottle; optical orb bottle. ceramic

"inspired by ancient chinese bottles." other sources of inspiration: bauhaus design, optical art, vintage artifacts and everyday objects. 

wang ziyong: from hebei province in north china, continuing the practise of inside painting, considered a form of craft. there are apprentices.

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