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Ť582 582
A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850 583
The stone is of various hues of honey tone and is carved on one side 113
utilizing darker markings with three monkeys holding peaches.
2¡ in. (6.2 cm.) high, agate stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Wise Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4872.
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Ť583
A SMALL CARVED PINK GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1740-1850
The transparent pink glass bottle is of octagonal shape and is carved
on either side with a raised faceted panel formed by four quadrants.
1¬ in. (4.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4915.

The pink tone of this bottle is unusual for this group of Imperial
bottles, carved either with faceted panels similar to those on this
bottle, or with raised oval or flat, dished panels. It was one of the
most popular forms of imperial bottles to be distributed as gifts. The
present shape was produced in a range of colors, and rarely with a
reign mark (see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff
Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 5, Part 3, Glass,
Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 302-3, no. 804, for a similar ruby-red glass
bottle with Yongzheng four-character mark and p. 304, no. 805, for
a ruby-red bottle with no mark. See, also, pp. 306-15 for versions in
opaque yellow, imitation-realgar, transparent blue with aventurine,
opaque blue-green and transparent turquoise (with Daoguang
mark). Another ruby-red example from the Blanche B. Exstein
Collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 21 March 2002, lot 6,
and an opaque turquoise-tone example at Christie’s New York, 20-21
March 2014, lot 2830.
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