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TWO ‘HAIR’ CRYSTAL SNUFF
BOTTLES
1700-1850

The frst, 1720-1850, is carved with a raised
ovoid panel on either side. The second, 1700-
1820, exhibits a concentration of ‘hairs’ on one
side.

1√ and 3¿ in. (4.8 and 7.9 cm.) high, agate and

tourmaline stoppers (2)

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1255.
Second bottle:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1640.

1700-1850年 髮晶鼻煙壺兩件

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TWO EMBELLISHED SNUFF BOTTLES
TSUDA FAMILY, KYOTO, JAPAN, 1900-1940

The frst bottle, Japan, 1900-1930, is a fan-shaped
lacquer bottle applied with shell, stone, gilt and
lacquer decoration that depicts a man feeding a
bird on one side and two ladies in a garden on the
reverse, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong
mark. The second Chinese agate bottle, 1760-
1880, later embellished in Japan, 1920-1940, is
decorated on both sides with soapstone of various
tones to depict a foral design on one side and a
fgural scene on the reverse.

3º and 2¿ in. (8.2 and 5.4 cm.) high, original (2)
lacquer and hardstone stoppers

$3,000-4,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Edgar and Roberta Prescott Wise
Collection.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong,
1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2064.
Second bottle: Mary Kaufman Collection.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4253.

1900-1940年 嵌飾鼻煙壺兩件

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