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A ‘HAIR’ CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
ZHITING SCHOOL, SUZHOU, 1800-1880
The bottle is carved through the white skin on the front with a
group of three rams emitting a cloud which supports the sun, with
a four-character inscription on the narrow side in cameo reading
san yang kai tai. The reverse is carved with a gnarled pine above a
meandering stream. The bottle is sufused overall with fne, black
‘needles’ or ‘hairs.’

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,800-3,800

PROVENANCE

Kenneth Hark, Florida.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4870.

Zhiting, for whom this school was named, was one of the few
hardstone carvers of the Qing dynasty who signed his wares
with the intention of establishing an artistic identity. The name
“Zhiting School” has been applied to a particular group of carvings
from Suzhou. For a discussion on the Zhiting School, see Moss,
Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuf Bottles, The Mary and
George Bloch Collection, Vol. 2, Part 2, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 504-
9, no. 366. Crystal bottles from this school are particularly rare.

1800-1880年 蘇作芝亭流派髮晶巧雕「三陽開泰」圖鼻煙壺

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AN EMBELLISHED SERPENTINE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850, FILIGREE EMBELLISHMENTS 1960s
The opaque yellow stone is wrapped in silver wire fligree formed
as scrolling lotus blossoms.

2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high, shell stopper

$1,400-2,000

PROVENANCE

Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4958.
1750-1850年 蛇紋石纏銀絲蓮紋鼻煙壺 銀絲工：1960年代

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