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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900 357
The bottle is decorated with four musicians playing instruments 127
below banners bearing a hall name, Taichengtang (‘The Hall of
Supreme Sincerity’), and inscribed with the name of each character.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4533.
1840-1900年 粉彩人物故事圖鼻煙壺

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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1800-1860
The bottle is decorated in dark blue tones with a fve-clawed dragon
pursuing a faming pearl, the porcelain of a cream tone has a pale
brown crackle throughout.
3º in. (8.5 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

The Jana Volf Collection, New York, 1997.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3794.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

For a discussion of this group of Imperial Daoguang period bottles
see H. Moss, “The Wrong End of the Dragon,” in ICSBS Journal,
Winter 2008, pp. 16-22.
1800-1860年 御製青花遊龍戲珠紋鼻煙壺