Journal
The ICSBS Journal is the leading scholarly publication dedicated to the study, history, and appreciation of Chinese snuff bottles. Each issue features original research, authoritative essays, and carefully documented objects contributed by leading scholars and collectors from around the world. Explore the latest issue to engage with new discoveries, fresh interpretations, and enduring questions at the heart of the field.
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Spring 2019
- A Periodization of the Qianlong Emperor’s Jade Snuff Bottles by Carol Michaelson
- Minneapolis Convention Preview 2019 by Berthe H. Ford
- New York Auction Review by Clare Chu

Winter 2018
- ICSBS: Its Founding and Other Memorable Events by John G. Ford
- Wang Xisan’s Life in Art: True Innovation and Historical Legacy by Jill Guo
- A Myriad of Treasures: Snuff Bottles from Mid-Atlantic Collectors by Clare Chu
- The ICSBS Baltimore Convention Review 2018 by Susan Page
- Quinn’s Auction Galleries by Clare Chu

Autumn 2018
- President’s Letter
- “What Does My Snuff Bottle Say?” Reflections on the Poetic Couplet as Decoration by Stuart Sargent
- Index of Physical Aspects of Bottles

Spring 2018
- Index - Spring 2008 to Winter 2017 by Enid L. Zafran
- The Baltimore Convention 2018 by Berthe H. Ford
- New York Auction Review by Clare Chu

Winter 2017
- Porcelain Snuff Bottles in the British Museum: Stories, Symbols, and Inscriptions by Jessica Harrison-Hall
- The ICSBS London Convention, 2017 by Lindsey Hall
- New York Auctions Review by Clare Chu

Autumn 2017
- Alternative Dreams: 17th-Century Chinese Paintings from the Tsao Family Collection by Stephen Little
- Bapo Imagery on Snuff Bottles: Decoration or Tempests on Teapots? by Nancy Berliner
- The Helen Pritchard Collection by Vincent Fausone, Jr.

Spring 2017
- New Perspectives on the Development of Chinese Snuff Bottles by Clare Chu
- London Convention, 2017 by Berthe H. Ford
- Asia Week New York Exhibitions by Clare Chu
- New York Auction Reviews by Clare Chu

Winter 2016
- This Snuff Bottle Monkey Business Revisited by Stuart Sargent
- The ICSBS Los Angeles Convention, 2016 by Albert Au, Esther Au, and Anita Lau
- New York Auctions Review: Autumn 2016 by Michael Hughes
- Book Revew by Ian Hardy

Autumn 2016
- Small Treasures: The Art Institute of Chicago by Michael C. Hughes
- Qianlong Enameled Snuff Bottles: A Glimpse From The Chinese Archives by Peter Y. K. Lam

Spring 2016
- Chicago Chronicles of Chinese Art by Elinor Pearlstein
- Los Angeles Convention Preview 2016 by Berthe H. Ford
- Book Review by John Gilmore Ford
- Auction Reviews: Asia Week New York, March 2016 by Clare Chu

Winter 2015
- Small Revelations: What Snuff Bottles Tell Us About Art of the Qing Dynasty by Claudia Brown
- Appreciating Antiquities: Archaism and Chinese Snuff Bottles by Richard A. Pegg
- Chicago Convention Review 2015 by Jo Earp
- New York Auction Review: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part I by Clare Chu

Autumn 2015
- High Art in Low Places, Part II by Hugh M. Moss
- Contemporary Schools of inside Painting, Part II by Peter D. Bentley
- Book Review by Ian HardyHong Kong Auction Review: Snuff Bottles from The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part X by Clare Chu

Spring 2015
- Chinese Glass Snuff Bottles: Foreign Influences on an Indigenous Art Form by Florian Knothe
- Contemporary Snuff Bottles, Part I by Peter A. Bentley
- Chicago Convention Preview 2015 by Berthe H. Ford
- Asia Week New York, 2015 by Clare Chu
- New York Auction Review by Clare Chu

Winter 2014
- High Art in Low Places, Part I by Hugh Moss
- Hong Kong and Xian Convention Review 2014 by Arlene Goldney
- Hong Kong Exhibitions Review by Gayle Laverlochere, Berthe H. Ford
- Book Reviews by Clare Chu, Ian Hardy
- Hong Kong Auction Review: Snuff Bottles from The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part Ix by Julian King

Autumn 2014
- Coconut-Shell Snuff Bottles, Part II by Hugh Moss, Stuart Sargent
- Thai Snuff Bottles And Artefacts by Paul Bromberg
- Book Reviews by Ian Hardy
- The Maxwell Collection Exhibition by Berthe H. FordH
- ong Kong Auction Review: Snuff Bottles from The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VIII by Clare Chu
- A Big Frog by Zhang Fu-quan

Spring 2014
- Crowning Glory: The Art of The Snuff Bottle Stopper, Part II by Hugh M. Moss
- Hong Kong / Xian Convention Preview 2014 by Berthe H. Ford
- Exhibition Review: Lifting the Spirit and Body - The Art of Culture of Snuff Bootles, National Palace Museum, Tapei by Peter Y. K. Lam
- New York Asia Week, 2014 by Clare Chu

Winter 2013
- Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jason Sun
- Auspicious Emblems, Part Two: Connections Between Qing Dynasty Snuff Bottles and Daoist Immortals by Susan L. Beningson
- New York City Convention Review 2013 by Jeanne Dorward
- Asian Art In London, 2013 by Ian Hardy
- Hong Kong Auction Review: Snuff Bottles From The Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part VII by Clare Chu

Autumn 2013
- Coconut-Shell Snuff Bottles, Part I by Hugh Moss, Stuart Sargent
- Book Review by Ian Hardy
- Hong Kong Auction Review, Snuff Bottles from Mary and George Bloch Collection, Part Vl by Clare Chu

Spring 2013
- From the Macro to the Micro: Snuff Bottles and the Qianlong Court by Kevin Greenwood
- New York City Convention Preview 2013 by Berthe H. Ford
- A Memoir of Edward Choate O'Dell, 1901–1982, founder of ICSBS by John Gilmore Ford
- Gardens in a Bottle by Donald Jenkins
- New York Asia Week, 2013 by Clare Chu
- Asia Week Auction Reviews by Clare Chu

Winter 2012
- Crowning Glory: The Art of the Snuff Bottle Stopper, Part I by Hugh M. Moss
- Portland Convention Review by Vincent Fausone; Peggy Azad
- Hong Kong Auction Review: The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles by Clare Chu