The chance of successfully making a bottle in this way is only about one in 500, hence, the rare and precious nature of the piece.
葫蘆鼻煙壺成功的機會很小，千百個套模的葫蘆當中，成功的往往只有一、二個，所以稀有而珍貴。乾隆五十八年，英使馬嘎爾尼來華，乾隆皇帝賜贈禮品當中，便有鼻煙壺。