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A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
331 OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1760-1850
106 The well-hollowed bottle of pale-brown and grey tone has some
dark brown markings, and is carved on one side utilizing an opaque
white area to depict two horses.
2º in. (5.6 cm.) high, quartz stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4552.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1760-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕雙駿圖鼻煙壺

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A MOLDED AND GILT-DECORATED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, QIANLONG FOUR-
CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The bottle is molded in relief with two sinuous four-clawed dragons
picked out in gilt, one fying through clouds and the other emerging
from waves below.
2Ω in. (6.4 cm.), tourmaline stopper
$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2965.
清乾隆 模印描金海水雲龍圖鼻煙壺 礬紅四字篆書款

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