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A LAC BURGAUTÉ SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1850-1920                                                       The Giorgio Irneri Collection, Lugano, Switzerland.
The bottle is delicately inlaid with shell, gold and silver on either  Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
side with a recessed oval panel depicting on one side a spotted deer   Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
below the moon, the other with a seated scholar, all on a lacquered    no. 3052.
ground with repetitive geometric and foral motifs on the sides.
                                                                       1850-1920 日本製黑漆螺鈿開光仙鹿圖鼻煙壺
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high overall, original conforming stopper

$3,000-5,000

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                                                                       A FACETED DOUBLE-GOURD GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                                       IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1730 - 1800
                                                                       The transparent brown glass bottle is carved as a faceted
                                                                       double gourd.

                                                                       2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, metal stopper

                                                                       $4,000-6,000

                                                                       PROVENANCE

                                                                       Arts of China, Hong Kong, May 2002.
                                                                       Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2002.
                                                                       Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
                                                                       no. 3449.
                                                                       1730 - 1800年 御製琥珀色玻璃葫蘆式磨花鼻煙壺

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