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THREE MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF PROVENANCE
BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880 First bottle: Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5002.
The frst bottle, 1820-1870, is decorated with a continuous battle Second and third bottles: Robert Hall, London, 2011.
scene. The second and third bottles, 1820-1880, are both decorated Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 5125
with scenes from the story ‘The Legend of the White Snake’. All & 5126.
three have an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base.
1820-1880年 模印粉彩人物故事圖鼻煙壺三件

2æ, 3 and 2¬ in. (7, 7.6 and 6.7 cm.) high, porcelain and glass (3)
stoppers

$3,000-5,000

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TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900

Each bottle is molded and enameled on one side with a seal face
reading ‘Xunyangling yin’ (‘Seal of the Xunyang prefect’) and a ritual
bronze, and on the reverse with a man riding a deer, the base has a
three-character mark in iron red reading an le tu (‘picture of peace
and happiness’).

2√ in. (7.5 cm.) high, agate and hardstone stoppers (2)
$2,200-3,200

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1936.
Second bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4224.

1840-1900年 瓷胎模印「潯陽令印」鼻煙壺兩件

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