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TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1800-1880
The cylindrical bottle, 1800-1860, is decorated with a dragon
pursuing a faming pearl on a diaper ground, the base with an
apocryphal Chenghua mark. The meiping-form bottle, 1800-1880,
is decorated with a dragon and a mythical horse amongst fames and
clouds, the base with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark.
3 ¿ and 2 æ in. (8 and 6.9 cm.) high, glass stoppers (2)
$1,200-1,800
PROVENANCE:
Cylindrical bottle: Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1651.
Meiping-form bottle: Asiantiques, Winter Park, Florida, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2091.
EXHIBITED:
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The
Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008 (cylindrical bottle).
1800-1880年 青花鼻煙壺兩件
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A MOTTLED GREENISH-WHITE AND APPLE-GREEN JADEITE SNUFF
BOTTLE
1780-1850
The fattened body is carved in low relief on one side with a
crane in fight above pine branches and on the reverse with a bell
pendent from a pine branch above a further pine branch, rocks and
a recumbent stag. The greenish-white stone has splashes of bright
emerald-green color.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,200-3,200
PROVENANCE:
Robert Hall, London, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2551.
1780-1850年 翠玉雕「鹿鶴同春」圖鼻煙壺
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