Home > Inner Painted Crystal Snuff Bottle Inner Painted Crystal Snuff Bottle It is believed that the founder of modern colorful inside painting was craftsman Gan huan-yuan, 1810 during Jia China period.  The "painting brush" is using now is not very different from what was used hundreds of years ago.  It is a slender bamboo stick, not much thicker, but much longer than a matchstick, with the tip shaped like a fine pointed hook.  Dipped in colored ink and thrust inside the bottle, the hooked tip is used to paint on the interior surface of the bottle, following the will of the artist.

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