Qing Bottle Fish Cameo Drop Earrings*The Met Store Outlet

Unique, art-inspired gifts for her.

These artful earrings reinterpret a late 18th–early 19th-century Chinese snuff bottle featuring the elegant likeness of a green fish. Snuff bottles such as this one in The Met collection were among the first glass objects forged at the Qing imperial workshops in China. They were originally produced for the emperor and his court in the early 18th century to preserve the precious potency of snuff, a mixture of finely ground tobacco leaves and aromatic herbs and spices. Soon, these small but spectacular vessels became coveted commodities themselves.  

Read about the Museum treasure behind this jewelry and shop other art-inspired designs in our blog post here.