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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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