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TWO CARVED RED LACQUER SNUFF
BOTTLES
1800-1880

The frst bottle, 1800-1880, is well carved with
dense chrysanthemum scrolls. The second
bottle, 1820-1880, is carved with two magpies
amidst prunus branches.

3 and 2æ in. (7.6 and 7 cm.) high, metal and (2)
shell stoppers

$3,200-4,200

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Martha M. Renk Collection.
Christie’s New York, 20 September 2005,
lot 439.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4767.
Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5397.

1800-1880年 剔紅花卉紋鼻煙壺兩件

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THREE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY First bottle: Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 807.
The frst, signed Yong Shoutian, depicts ladies and scholars Second bottle: Margaret Polak Collection, California.
conversing. The second, signed Tang Zichuan, 1890-1930, depicts Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2009.
boys at play. The third, signed Li Shouchang and dated 1892, Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4952.
depicts two conversing ladies and scholarly items on the reverse. Third bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5270.
2¡, 2¬ and 2¬ in. (6, 6.7 and 6.7 cm.) high, agate, jadeite and glass
清十九世紀末/二十世紀初 玻璃内畫鼻煙壺三件
stoppers. (3)

$3,500-4,500

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