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401 Ť401
A YELLOW JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
402 1750-1840
(two views) The semi-translucent bottle is of even, yellow tone and is raised on a
8 conforming foot ring.
2q in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 921.

A similar rectangular yellow jade bottle from the Ruth and
Carl Barron Collection, Part II, was sold at Christie’s New York,
16 March 2016, lot 410.
䍆蒗ᡱ聖㌉

Ť402
A RARE INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, WUXU YEAR (1898)
The bottle of rectangular form is decorated with a continuous scene
of Zhong Kui riding on a donkey and glancing back at his demon
attendant, and inscribed with a cyclical date, wuxu, corresponding to
1898, followed by the artist’s signature, Ye Zhongsan, and a seal, huayin
(painted seal).
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, jade stopper
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2462.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.

Zhong Kui, the ‘demon-queller’, is often shown with his demon
attendant, as demonstrated on this bottle. It is noted by Hugh Moss
that Zhong Kui, “As always, he is attended by a demon-servant since,
having quelled them one might as well put them to work.” (Moss,
Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and
George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part 1, p. 209) On this bottle the
servant is shown carrying the master’s sword and food, as well as
another mischievous quelled-demon.
倶倷䍆օӲ‫ה‬瀐墔ᢒ袐⥘聖㌉