Snuff bottle originated from Indian people for taking tobacco snuffing, while Chinese snuff bottles have become a popular and valuable handicrafts being painted from the interior of the bottles made of glass, crystal and other materials.
 
Hengshui City is the famous Land of Hebei School Inside Painting Arts with many famous painters. We have some good painters who are member of China Folk Artist Association Inside Painting Committee. Founded in 1997, Gujin Arts mainly offers snuff bottle of various grades including Snuff Bottles of Figures, Middle Grade Snuff Bottles, Snuff Bottle of Oil Painting, Common Grade Snuff Bottle, High Grade Snuff Bottles, Triangle Snuff Bottles, Crystal Balls, Buddhum Beads & Hand Rings, Tea Pots, Ornamental Items and other inside painted crafts. With over 20 professional painters, the works are purchased and collected by many collectors home and abroad. We welcome your inquiry and orders.

The custom of tobacco snuffing started with the Snuff bottle originated from Indian. In the 14th century, Italian began to produce snuff for sales with choice tobacco leaves mixed with certain medicines.

The Chinese people began to take snuff at Ming Dynasty, started from Guangdong area at the beginning. Seldom imported. From Kangxi Period, the Western missionaries came to China with big amount of snuff and glass bottles. It gradually became a fashion of taking snuff. Portugal, then the U.K., French and other countries began to present snuff and glass snuff bottles to China. The Emperor Qianlong gave his senior officials snuffs as awards. Taking snuff became a social fashion then.