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A MUGHAL-STYLE MOTTLED PALE LAVENDER SNUFF BOTTLE
282 PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE TIBETAN WORKSHOPS, BEIJING,
1780-1860
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The somewhat fattened, apple-shaped bottle is carved in low relief
on either side with a leafy, stylized fower spray, and the mottled
stone shades from white to lavender and greyish lavender.
1æ in. (4.5 cm.) high, rose quartz stopper

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE:

Hilda Somers Collection, acquired prior to 1952.
The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles;
Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 232.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4833.
1780-1860年 翠玉痕都斯坦式蕃蓮紋鼻煙壺

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
THE RUSTIC CRYSTAL MASTER, 1760-1860

The bottle is carved in high relief on one side through the mottled
grey and brown skin of the stone with an eagle standing on a rock in
silhouette against the wind-tossed waves and mountains carved in low
relief on the clear crystal body.
3º in. (8.2 cm.) high, agate stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

John Ruckman.
Charles V. Swain, Pennsylvania.
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4912.

For a discussion of the School of the Rustic Crystal Master, Moss, Graham,
Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Volume 2, Part 1, Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 194-205, nos. 254-57.

1760-1860年 水晶刻「英雄獨立」圖大鼻煙壺