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AN ENAMELED BLUE-GROUND (two views)
YIXING SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1840 420
The bottle is decorated on either side with 81
a panel of a pavilion set beneath pine trees
in a mountainous setting, all reserved on a
cobalt-blue ground.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, shell stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4940.

A similar bottle, but of elongated form,
was sold at Christie’s New York, The Ruth
and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese
Snuf Bottles: Part I, 16 September 2015,
lot 347.
1780-1840年
宜興窯藍地加彩開光亭臺山水圖鼻煙壺

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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The translucent bottle is carved with two
boys on either side carrying a lotus, a food
box, fsh and a basket, below a bird in fight
above.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1642.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle
Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26
September 2008.
1760-1860年 琥珀雕蓮生貴子圖鼻煙壺