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AN EMERALD-GREEN AND WHITE JADEITE
SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1900
The bottle is carved on one side with a dragon amidst
waves, its claw grasping a pearl trailing vapor, the
reverse with a fgure carrying a banner and a vertical
fowering branch supporting a xi (happiness)-
character roundel.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4322.
1820-1900年 翠玉雕遊龍吐珠鼻煙壺

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(two views) A RARE DARK BLUE-OVERLAY RUBY
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The bottle is carved through the transparent blue
overlay to the clear ruby-colored glass bottle with a
hawk on a rock on either narrow side.

2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, shell stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Goldney Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4984.

LITERATURE

R. Hall, Irish Mist, Chinese Snuf Bottles XIV, London,
2009, p. 35, no. 48.
1800-1900年
透明紅寶石套藍玻璃英雄獨立紋鼻煙壺

The thin ‘fashed’ layer of red on the interior of this
example is rare to fnd on overlay snuf bottles. A
related bottle decorated with the same technique
and colors, but with kui dragons, is illustrated in
FranzArt, Chinese Art from the Hedda and Lutz Franz
Collection, Hong Kong, 2011, p. 230, no. 1012.

26 THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART IV