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                                                  A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                  IMPERIAL, PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1700-1850

                                                  Each main side is carved with a plain, slightly convex oval panel and
                                                  the narrow sides are faceted.
                                                  2 in. (5 cm.) high, glass stopper

                                                  $2,000-3,000

                                                  PROVENANCE:

                                                  Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3657.

                                                  1700-1850年    御製青白玉開光八方式鼻煙壺

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                                                  A GREEN-OVERLAY CARAMEL GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                  1760-1850

                                                  The bottle is carved through the olive-green overlay to the caramel-
                                                  tone ground on either side with scene of a crab in a lotus pond, all
                                                  above a wave border.
                                                  2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper

                                                  $1,400-1,800

                                                  PROVENANCE:

                                                  Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 29.

                                                  1760-1850年    淺褐地套綠玻璃「和諧」圖鼻煙壺

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