Page 14 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A TURQUOISE-ENAMELED RETICULATED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1870

The bottle is molded in high relief with a fve-clawed dragon
pursuing a faming pearl against an openwork ground of clouds and
fames that encase the inner walls, all in turquoise enamel and the eyes
picked out in black.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, fower-form stopper

$2,500-3,500

PROVENANCE:

Estate of Edith Griswold; Sotheby’s New York, 31 May 1994, lot
706.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1211.
1820-1870年 雕瓷模印松石綠釉遊龍戲珠紋鼻煙壺

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A CARVED RED AND GOLD LACQUER SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1850-1910

Each side is carved with a tapering oval panel, one enclosing a scene
of Zhong Kui (Shoki in Japan), the Demon Queller, subduing a
demon with his sword, the other with an immortal standing atop
a carp as it swims in the sea, all surrounded by two gold dragons
205 chasing a faming pearl amidst scrolling clouds between key-fret
borders.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2905.
1850-1910年 日本製堆朱開光「鍾馗打鬼」圖鼻煙壺

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