Page 47 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
OFFICIAL SCHOOL, 1730-1850

One fattened side is carved using an opaque white inclusion with
a hawk with turned head standing on one leg on a rock against a
brown-speckled, semi-opaque white ground that follows the shape
of the rounded rectangular body. The other plain, convex side
highlights brown markings in the semi-transparent grey stone.
22 in. (5.5 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl and turquoise stopper

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3474.

1730-1850年 瑪瑙浮雕「英雄獨立」圖鼻煙壺

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID REDDISH-BROWN LACQUER SNUFF
BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1870-1930

The main sides are inlaid with mother-of-pearl panels, one carved
with a scholar seated on a promontory surrounded by water, the
other with a lady holding a fan standing beside an attendant on a
terrace, and the narrow sides have a row of mother-of-pearl bosses, all
against a reddish-brown lacquer ground inlaid with tiny forets. An
apocryphal Qianlong incised mother-of-pearl mark is on the base.
2æ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3944.

1870-1930年 日本製朱褐漆螺鈿開光仕女圖鼻煙壺

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