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A CRYSTAL AND TOURMALINE RELIEF-CARVED
211 SNUFF BOTTLE
14 1740-1840
The bottle is carved in high relief through an area of dark color with
a farmer and a boy on a water bufalo. The reverse has some black
needle-like crystals and is carved in shallow relief with a pine tree.

2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

The Dr. Max Chitters Collection, South Africa.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2736.

LITERATURE

H. Moss, Chinese Snuf Bottles of the Silica or Quartz Group,
London, 1971, p. 25, no. 49.
1740-1840年 水晶碧璽雕松下高士圖鼻煙壺

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A MOLDED AND RETICULATED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1790-1820
The bottle is molded and pierced with the Eight Buddhist Emblems
(bajixiang), each beribboned amidst scrolling clouds.

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, porcelain stopper
$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4896.

A nearly identical bottle is illustrated by Dennis S. K. Low in More
Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Hong Kong,
2002, p. 199, no. 184.
1790-1820年 白地模印鏤空八吉祥紋鼻煙壺