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871
                                                              A SHADOW AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                              OFFICAL SCHOOL, 1780-1850
                                                              The bottle is of rounded rectangular form with irregular, abstract, dark
                                                              dendritic markings and is carved on one side with an inscription in seal
                                                              script reading jie xin ji qing song (telling the green pine how our hearts are
                                                              as one). The base is inscribed zhen wan (precious plaything).
                                                              23 in. (5.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
                                                              $6,000-8,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Robert Kleiner, London, 1992.
                                                              Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
                                                              LITERATURE:
                                                              R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
                                                              Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 308-309,
                                                              no. 136.

                                                              1780-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕「結心寄青松」鼻煙壺
                                                              來源:
                                                              Robert Kleiner, 倫敦, 1992年
                                                              何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
                                                              出版:
                                                              何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
                                                              Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁308-309,
                                                              編號136
                                                              ~872
                                                              A ROCK CRYSTAL `PURSE'-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                              1770-1850
                                                              The bottle is carved on either side with a bat grasping a shou medallion
                                                              in its mouth, beneath vertical markings around the neck to imitate the
                                                              cinching of a cloth purse.
                                                              2 in. (5 cm.) high, coral stopper
                                                              $4,000-6,000
                                                              PROVENANCE:
                                                              Bob C. Stevens Collection, no. 463.
                                                              The Bob C. Stevens Collection of Fine and Important Chinese Snuff
                                                              Bottles, Part III; Sotheby’s New York, 25 June 1982, lot 92.
                                                              Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
                                                              LITERATURE:
                                                              B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 463.
                                                              R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R.
                                                              Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 116-117,
                                                              no. 45.

                                                              1770-1850年 水晶雕福壽雙全紋袋形鼻煙壺
                                                              來源:
                                                              Bob C. Stevens珍藏, 編號463
                                                              Bob C. Stevens珍藏重要中國鼻煙壺 (第三部分), 紐約蘇富比, 1982年6月
                                                              25日, 拍品編號92
                                                              何瑞秋珍藏, 紐約
                                                              出版:
                                                              B. Stevens, 《鼻煙壺收藏指南》, 紐約, 1976年, 編號463
                                                              何瑞秋, 《Rivers and Mountains Far from the World - The Rachelle R.
                                                              Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary》, 紐約, 1994年, 頁116-117, 編
                                                              號45







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