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THREE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1796-1920

The frst, Imperial, Jiaqing seal mark in iron red and of
the period (1796-1820), is decorated in bright famille
rose enamels on all four sides with fowering plants.
The second, 1830-1880, is of fattened pear form with
molded decoration of an iron red and a grey carp and
mask and ring handles, the base with an apocryphal
Qianlong mark. The third, 1860-1920, is molded on
two sides with two panels with molded characters
separated by an enameled landscape panel, the other
two sides with famille rose-enameled panels of birds
and fowering plants.

2æ, 2æ and 2¬ in. (7, 7 and 6.6 cm.) high, glass (3)
stoppers

$2,800-3,800

PROVENANCE (mark) 334
335
First bottle: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 November 1996,
lot 55.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 3425.
Second bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4791.
Third bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4802.

1796-1920年 瓷胎鼻煙壺三件

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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YANGZHOU, 1840-1900

The frst, 1850-1900, is carved through translucent
brown overlay to the opaque white ground with a
scholar’s rock on one side and a chrysanthemum and
pomegranate on the reverse, with mask-and-ring
handles on the narrow sides and a seal above the
foot. The second, 1840-1890, is carved through the
opaque cinnabar-colored overlay to the opaque blue
ground with ‘The Eight Horses of Mu Wang’ and an
inscription reading ba jun tu (eight handsome horses),
fanked by mask-and-ring handles.

2Ω and 2º in. (6.3 and 5.7 cm.) high, quartz and agate

stoppers (2)

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection,
Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3637.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd.,
Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4865.

1840-1900年 揚州作套色玻璃鼻煙壺兩件

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