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TWO OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1830-1900 564
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The first, 1860-1900, is carved through the pink overlay to the
opaque white ground on one side with a pair of ducks beneath a
blossoming branch, and on the other with two goldfish swimming
next to rocks and amongst water plants. The second, 1830-1880, is
carved through the translucent ruby-red overlay to the opaque white
ground on one side with a figure, probably Mi Fu, kneeling before a
rock with his attendant holding a fan above, the opposite side with
Zhou Dunyi holding a staff standing next to a lotus-filled vessel
below a three-character archaistic inscription reading ai lian tu (‘On
the Love of the Lotus’), referring to the ode he wrote.

2¡ in. and 2¿ in. (6.1 and 5.4 cm.) high, stone and jadeite stoppers (2)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5210.
Second bottle:
Jack Rose Collection.
Bonham’s London, 13 May 2010, lot 44.
Robert Hall, London, 2010.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5182.

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TWO PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1920

The first, 1850-1920, is in the biscuit and has a reticulated flower
pattern above and below bands of a simple incised decorative
pattern. The second, School of Wang Bingrong, 1820-1870, is of
flattened tapering form and is decorated with three molded fish
on one side and two on the other, and enameled in white and blue
green in imitation of jadeite, the base is carved with a spurious four-
character Kangxi seal mark.

2q in. (6.3 cm.) high, porcelain and glass stoppers (2)
$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Jin Hing & Co., Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1648.
Second bottle:
Galerie de Lavergne, Paris, 2000.
The White Orchid Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5355.

LITERATURE

Second bottle:
R. Hall, The White Orchid Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles XVII,
London, 2012, no. 84

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