Carved, painted, or decorated snuff bottles show the exquisite taste and workmanship of asian artisans. Snuff bottle connection, aka secret rivals 3 in south africa was always one of my favourite karate movies of the late 70s. We are delighted to offer for sale chinese snuff bottles that are of good quality, and have been selected by our expert, robert hall. In europe people kept snuff in small hinged boxes, from which they took pinches of the substance between thumb and forefinger before sniffing it. Oct 02, 2012 snuff bottle connection 1977 director. Snuff bottle connection by 1977 the hong kong movie scene was becoming a sea of change.
They typically have tiny spoons attached to the cork stopper top for ease of scooping the snuff. It may have arrived via traders from portugal or russia, or it could have been brought by invading manchus. Snuff is a 1976 american splatter film directed by michael findlay and horacio fredriksson. Snuff bottle connection english subtitles kungfu and fight movies. Well if you prepared to watch it like that,i feel the company should drop the price. John liu, jang lee hwang, yi lung huang, charles bonet, yuet sang chin, phil cohen, roy horan, chin hsiao, hsia hsu, timen kan, fei kao, robert kerver, wen chin lin, chin hu tung, lili liu, hung poon, manyiu lee, liangtai tu. Snuff bottle connection 1977 directed by dung gamwoo. Snuff bottle connection may be not one of the best titles for a martial arts actioner and was probably just invented anyway by the international distributor, but the film itself is most definitely worth checking out by genre fans, especially those who prefer their fights to be wire free.
From that point, he has become one of the leading dealers in the field. Most snuff bottles do not measure more than 2 12 inches high and are made of amber, jade, ivory or cinnabar. With john liu, junglee hwang, yi lung huang, charles bonet. This page was last edited on 12 january 2019, at 23.
Over rare kung fu movies to order with covers sleeves boxart, in pal or ntsc. A carved chalcedony snuff bottle, probably imperial, official school, 17601800. Antiques, regional art, asian, chinese, snuff bottles offered for sale on trocadero internet antique mall. In some cases, we have known the provenance over many years. Mar 31, 2018 regarder snuff bottle connection 1977 film streaming vf snuff bottle connection streaming vf hd, snuff bottle connection film complet en streaming vf, regarder snuff bottle connection film complet vf gratuit, snuff snuff bottle film 1988 senscritique. The print is the only real issue here, with a decent. Snuff bottle connection if you want to see many more b movie videos visit our category dedicated to. What we do know is that once the members of imperial court caught a whiff, they were hooked. Oval compressed form white jade snuff bottle, well hollowed with a concave foot and flat foot rim, straight neck with flat rim, hand carved in low relief with an identical design on each shoulder with confronting archaistic kui dragons shown with their bodies covered with archaistic scrolling patterns and raised bosses, each side carved in low. The stopper usually had a very small spoon attached for extracting the snuff. Who ever did the transfer to dvd needs to see an optician as almost half the movie is out of frame and this really spoils everything. I cant remember how many times ive seen this over the years, but each and every time im reminded just how good the story is and just how imaginative the fight scenes are. The size of a snuff bottle is small enough to fit inside the palm. Unfollow snuff bottle to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Rent snuff bottle connection shaolin drunkard 1977 on. I have prime so i was able to watch for free, but i would. Snuff bottles painted with miniature designs were first made toward the end of the 18th century, but most belong to the reign of the jiajing 17961820 and daoguang 182150 emperors. Bowls with circular medallions painted in overglaze colours with yellow or rose grounds are, perhaps.
Comprising three interior painted glass snuff bottles, a repoussed silvered metal snuff bottle, a peking glass gourd snuff bottle, a carved water buffalo horn snuff bottle, and a full ivory snuff bottle. The film was released in the hong kong on 15 september 1977. Snuff bottle connection dvd region 1 us import ntsc. Snuff bottle connection full movie in english in high definition russian plot to invade china, hwang jang lee retuns as. See more ideas about bottle box, antiques and perfume bottles. Shaw brothers productions were starting to struggle at the box office and alternative studios were making a mark. Enter john liu as a special agent sent to identify who the russian traitor is and who his contact is within the walls of the forbidden city. In this vintage martial arts adventure, a master fighter john liu is searching for a special snuff bottle, which is no easy task since factions of russian and manchu armies are looking for the. It is most notorious for being marketed as if it were an actual snuff film. Snuffbottle connection tsui hark borrowed some ideas for from this film for the third once upon a time in china film. Over the course of the two hundred year period snuff bottles were fashionable, their demand spread from the royals exclusively down to the entire qing dynasty society. Snuff bottle connection 1977 adds a novel twist to the kung fu genre by making a group of russians the villains and setting up a chinese secret agent and his con man brother as the ching dynastys only defense against a russian takeover of manchuria. The practice of taking snuff powdered tobacco was introduced to china from europe.
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Robert halls interest in chinese snuff bottles started over thirty five years ago when he first saw a collection in a shop window. Our bottles are in good condition, are of the age stated in the description, and have artistic merit. Get the best deals on jade antique chinese snuff bottles when you shop the largest online selection at. Snuff bottle connection 1977 while the governments of russia and china are reaching peace agreements, traitors on both sides seek to instigate a war. Snuff bottles were made out of many different materials including porcelain, jade, rhinoceros horn, ivory, wood, tortoiseshell, metal and ceramic, though probably the most commonly used material was glass. Get the best deal for antique chinese snuff bottles from the largest online selection at. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John liu and hwang janglee are front and centre, but lurking are.
Rent snuff bottle connection shaolin drunkard 1977 on dvd. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Because they represent chinese calligraphy, painting, ceramics, enameled works, and more, today snuff bottles are among the most sought after and collected types of chinese ar. The fight scenes are, for the most part, excellent. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It was a case of out with the old and in with the new. This picture contributed to the urban legend of snuff films, although the concept did not originate with it. Snuff bottle connection 1977 original trailer youtube. Its not clear how snuff, what we know as powdered tobacco, first made it to china in the early to mid1600s. Antiques, regional art, asian, chinese, snuff bottles. I have prime so i was able to watch for free, but i would buy this movie if i didnt have. This lot is offered in the ruth and carl barron collection of fine chinese snuff bottles. Watch snuff bottle connection prime video amazon uk.
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