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Ť578

TWO ENAMELED BLACK-GROUND
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1900

The first, 1840-1900, is decorated in famille
rose enamels on one side with a scene of a
sage and a lady flanking a kneeling figure,
with a weaving loom on the opposite side.
The second, 1830-1900, is molded and
painted on either side in iron-red, green,
yellow and white enamels with a yin-yang
emblem encircled by the eight trigrams.

2æ and 25 in. (7 and 6.5 cm.), glass (2)
stoppers

$2,400-3,400

578 PROVENANCE

579 First bottle:
110 Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5242.
Second bottle:
Peter Garvin Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5127.

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Ť579
A PINK OVERLAY GREEN GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880
The bottle is carved through the opaque pink
glass overlay to the transparent green ground
with two flower-filled jardinières on either
side containing prunus, chrysanthemums,
orchid and lotus, flanked by mask and ring
handles.

3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, rose quartz stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California,
2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4978.

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