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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
1820-1880
The bottle of pear form is carved from stone sufused with opaque
green and black mottling throughout. One side is delicately incised
and gilded with a poem by Jia Dao (AD 799-843) reading: “Under
the pines I ask the boy. He says ‘My Master’s gone to gather herbs.
I only know he’s on this mountain. But the clouds are too deep to
know where.”
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2543.
1820-1880年 碧玉「尋隱者不遇」詩文鼻煙壺
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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE FOR
THE EXPORT MARKET
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1770-1830
The bottle is decorated on either side with a basket overfowing
with fowers and melons, all surrounded by foral sprigs.
3 in. (7.6 cm.), tourmaline stopper, plastic spoon
$2,000-3,000
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2247.
1770-1830年 外銷粉彩花卉紋鼻煙壺
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