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A FOUR-COLOR OVERLAY OPALESCENT GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
POSSIBLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1780-1880
The bottle is carved through the transparent overlay to with a red
peony, two red hibiscus on leafy green stems and two amber bats
above blue rocks.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

De Lisle Collection, Auckland, New Zealand.
Robert Hall, London, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2876.
1780-1880年 透明地套四色玻璃花卉圖鼻煙壺

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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880
The bottle is decorated beneath the lightly crackled glaze with two
warriors from the novel Water Margin, Mu Chun and Zou Yuan, each
identifed by an inscription. The base is left unglazed.

3º in. (8.3 cm.) high, quartz stopper

$1,200-2,200

PROVENANCE

Elisabeth and Ladislas Kardos, Vancouver, Canada.
Robert Hall, London, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1932.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1820-1880年 青花水滸人物圖鼻煙壺

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