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A SEVEN-COLOR OVERLAY WHITE GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
The bottle is carved through transparent overlays depicting red
pomegranates, yellow citron, pink peaches, a green chime and red
and yellow loquats on the sides, a pink fan with red ribbon and two
opaque black bats on the narrow sides, on a milky-white ground.
2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, malachite stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 28 August 1993,
lot 38.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 804.
1780-1880年 白地套七色玻璃三多雜寶紋鼻煙壺

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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1796-1820
The bottle is enameled in vivid tones with Zhong Kui seated on a
pierced rock enclosing a demon, with a large peony to the side and
a poetic inscription taken from the novel Romance of the Western
Chamber on the reverse.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1676.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1796-1820年 粉彩鍾馗圖詩文鼻煙壺

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