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A CARVED RED LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1860
The bottle is deeply carved on each main side with a phoenix in
fight amidst clouds, and with a vertical rock on each narrow side,
all below a band of pendent plantain leaves.

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, metal stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5096.
1780-1860年 剔紅鳳鳥圖鼻煙壺

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THREE AMBER SNUFF BOTTLES
1720-1911 First bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1485.
The frst, 1720-1840, is translucent and undecorated. The second, Second bottle: Michael Hughes, New York, 2003.
1800-1900, is carved throughout with fgures in a mountainous Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3789.
village. The third, 1800-1911, is in the form of a vase with a prunus Third bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2011.
branch projecting in high relief from one side along with a bird, the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5169.
amber of deep brown color.
1720-1911年 琥珀鼻煙壺三件

2¬, 2º and 2º in. (6.6, 5.7 and 5.7 cm.) high, jadeite, glass and (3)
tourmaline stoppers

$2,800-3,800

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