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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS,
DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD
(1821-1850)

The fattened bottle is decorated on each side with
a lotus blossom surrounded by leafy tendrils, all
reserved on a blue ground between a band of ruyi
scroll on the neck and upright lappets above the foot.

2Ω in.(6.4 cm.) high, porcelain stopper

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

Edgar and Roberta Prescott Wise Collection.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong,
1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2057.

清道光 藍地粉彩蕃蓮紋鼻煙壺 礬紅四字篆書款

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(mark)

•435 PROVENANCE
THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1900 First bottle: Alice Klein Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
The frst, a double bottle, 1840-1900, is decorated on each bottle Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5218.
with a fgure and a calligraphic inscription relating to the fgures, Second and third bottle: John Ault Collection, Bangkok, Thailand.
and the base with a four-character mark, ruyu zhenwan, translating Robert Kleiner, London, 2010 and 2011.
to ‘precious plaything equal to jade’. The second, 1830-1880, has an Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 5081
unusual inscription relating to the underglaze blue and copper-red and 5144.
scene of a scholar on a day bed below a stand of bamboo. The
third, Xianfeng four-character mark and of the period (1851-1861), is 1830-1900年 青花鼻煙壺三件
decorated with an unusual subject comprised of fve tigers, one with
wings and one with a crowned human rider, the base polished.

1æ, 3¿ and 2æ in. (4.4, 8 and 7 cm.) high, agate and shell stoppers (3)
$3,500-4,500

(mark of third bottle)

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