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TWO OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YANGZHOU, 1830-1890

The frst, is carved through the red and pink overlay to
the opaque white ground on one side with a scene of Mi
Fu bowing before a large rock below a three-character
inscription reading bai shi tu (‘bowing to the rock’),
the reverse carved with two fsh swimming in a pond,
with millet and fowers growing amidst rocks in the
foreground, the sides with mask-and-ring handles. The
second is carved with a continuous scene that includes a
fgure crossing a bridge over a lotus pond with sampans
in the distance below an inscription reading shi li he
xiang (‘ten li of lotus fragrance’) on one side, and a house
amidst pine and bamboo, as well as a seal reading jixiang
(‘auspiciousness’) on the reverse.

2¡ and 2¿ in. (6 and 5.3 cm.) high, shell and glass (2)
stoppers

$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, 1961-1970.
Bonham’s London, 13 May 2010, lot 44 (part).
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5100.
401 Second bottle: Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd.,
Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5030.

1830-1890年 揚州作套色玻璃鼻煙壺兩件

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A YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The bottle is carved overall with nine carp leaping
amidst swirling waves. The semi-translucent stone is of
yellowish-green tone.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2319.
1750-1850年 黃玉雕鯉魚紋鼻煙壺

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