Page 42 - CHRISTIE'S Barron Collection Snuff Bottles 09/13/17
P. 42

241
                                                             (two views)

•241                                                               PROVENANCE
A BROWN-OVERLAY ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE                                                       Mary Kaufman Collection.
PROBABLY YANGZHOU, 1830-1900                                       Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
The bottle is carved through the transparent brown overlay to the  Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
‘snowfake’ ground on one side with a Bactrian camel, the reverse   no. 4254.
with two smaller camels, and the narrow sides with mask-and-ring
handles.                                                           1830-1900年 雪霏地套褐色玻璃駱駝紋鼻煙壺

2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) high, tiger’s eye stopper

$1,200-1,800

                                                                   •242
                                                                   A CARVED SILHOUETTE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                                   OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1780-1880
                                                                   The bottle is carved on one side through the natural plane of deep
                                                                   russet and milky-white colored stone to the honey-colored ground
                                                                   to depict two birds beneath a tree, one in fight and the other
                                                                   standing on one leg.

                                                                   2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper

                                                                   $2,000-3,000

                                                                   PROVENANCE

                                                                   Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2006.
                                                                   Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
                                                                   no. 4408.
                                                                   1780-1880年 皮影瑪瑙「英雄獨立」圖鼻煙壺

                                                        242
40
   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47