Chinese Bamboo snuff bottle Circa 1840
A well carved snuff bottle with two elephant-head-shape handles.
Snuff bottle originally contained opium for smoking; in the later period, people usually put some Chinese herb for freshening people’s mind and spirit.

竹雕鼻煙壺擺件
此竹雕鼻煙壺文人擺件，觀賞性大於實用性。
鼻煙壺在清早期時期開始流行於中國，剛開始於放置鴉片吸食，後期演變至放入藥草或賞玩功能。