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A GILT-METAL SNUFF BOTTLE
299 IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING,
86 1750-1810
The bottle is decorated on either side with a panel of the Eight
Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang), each set upon long ribbons that fll
the ground, all enclosed in a C-scroll cartouche.

3√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, gilt bronze stopper
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4405.
1750-1810年 御製金屬胎鎏金八吉祥紋鼻煙壺

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AN UNUSUAL BLUE-ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, JIAQING FOUR-
CHARACTER MARK IN IRON RED AND OF THE PERIOD
(1796-1810)
The cylindrical bottle is made in imitation of a blue-overlay glass
bottle and is molded in relief with two dragons, one chasing a
faming pearl above the other as it rises from froth-capped waves,
all covered in bright blue enamel against the white ground.

2æ in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

J. Holmes, Australia.
Clare Lawrence Ltd., London, 1995.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5378.

It appears that this pattern was popular through the Qianlong and
Jiaqing reigns. A Qianlong-marked bottle of similar proportions,
but probably from a slightly diferent mold, was in the Ruth and
Carl Barron Collection Part I, sold at Christie’s New York, 16
September 2015, lot 224.
清嘉慶 御製白地模印藍彩雙龍戲珠紋鼻煙壺 礬紅四字楷書款

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