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                                                 A RARE COPPER-RED-DECORATED PORCELAIN
                                                 SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                 IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1810-1860
                                                       The bottle is decorated with a large sinuous fve-clawed dragon
                                                       chasing a faming pearl.

                                                       3Ω in. (8.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
                                                       $3,000-5,000

                                                                             PROVENANCE

                                                       The White Wings Collection.
                                                       Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
                                                       Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
                                                       no. 3710.

                                                                             EXHIBITED

                                                       Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
                                                       The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
                                                 1810-1860 御製釉裏紅遊龍戲珠紋鼻煙壺

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                                                             A SILVER, MALACHITE AND CORAL SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                             MONGOLIA, 1740-1900
                                                             The bottle is divided into two halves by a cusped band, the lower
                                                             half covered with alternating malachite and coral bosses.

                                                             2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, turquoise stopper and silver spoon

                                                             $2,400-3,400

                                                             PROVENANCE

                                                             Jade House, Hong Kong, 2003.
                                                             Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
                                                             Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
                                                             no. 3982.

                                                             EXHIBITED

                                                             Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
                                                             The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
                                                             1740-1900年 蒙古製銀胎鑲孔雀石及珊瑚鼻煙壺

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