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A BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1860
The bottle is of elongated form, with the natural grey, cream-toned
and pale brown bands in the stone in vertical alignment.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper
$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

L. and F. Bier Collection, no. 66.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2004.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4065.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
䍆蚉⇢㍁耰聖㌉

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
ATTRIBUTED TO NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI, KYOTO,
JAPAN, 1864-1927
The bottle is decorated on either side with a lotus blossom issuing
vine-like tendrils on a white ground, the neck with a floral band on a
blue ground.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, cloisonné enamel stopper
$800-1,200

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 725.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
ᝈ垆怳፧ኆ焑ጒ‫ה‬匤虈蚔聖㌉

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