Chinese snuff bottle s are going global.

The UK China Culture Association presented a 6-centimeter tall snuff bottle bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II to Her Majesty as a gift to celebrate her 80th birthday, which officially falls on June 17, 2006.

The front of the snuff bottle is the image of the QueenElizabeth.	The back is inscribed with "Wishing Queen Elizabeth good health and longevity" and "In celebration of the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II."

The Queen is not the only foreign celebrity whose image has been painted on a Chinese snuff bottle. Wang Xisan, a Chinese painter specializing in painting on the inside of containers, made a set of snuff bottles internally painted with the images of 40 American presidents, ranging from the first President George Washington to the fortieth President Ronald Reagan.

A set of snuff bottles internally painted with the images of 40 American presidents

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