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•391 Sotheby’s London, 4 November 1996, lot 121.
A CARVED IMITATION REALGAR GLASS SNUFF Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
BOTTLE Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, BEIJING, 1770-1860 no. 4908.
The bottle is carved with a scene of a lone fsherman beneath a
pine tree next to a four-character inscription reading song xi yin diao 1770-1860年 仿雄黃玻璃雕「松溪隱釣」圖鼻煙壺
(‘fshing on one’s own under a pine tree by a stream’). The reverse is
carved with a single Buddha’s hand citron on a dish.

2Ω in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

•392
A TRANSPARENT GREEN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING,
1700-1750
The bottle is carved on both narrow sides with a chilong clutching a
branch of lingzhi fungus in its mouth.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4998.
1700-1750年 透明綠玻璃螭龍擒芝圖鼻煙壺

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