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(two views) A CARVED RUSSET-BROWN AND
OLIVE-GREEN JADE PEBBLE FORM
406 SNUFF BOTTLE
(two views) MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL,
10 1740-1850
The bottle is carved in relief with three crabs
climbing on a millet plant, the olive-hued areas
used to form the crabs’ bodies on a ground of
opaque russet tone.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, hardstone stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Nina McCulloch Collection.
Shakris, San Francisco, California, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2524.

Compare to another pebble form ‘Master
of the Rocks’ bottle from the Ruth and Carl
Barron Collection, Part II, sold at Christie’s
New York, 16 March 2016, lot 442.
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Ť406
A LAC BURGAUTÉ SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1870-1930
The quatrefoil metal bottle is decorated on either
side with multi-colored and incised shell and gold
inlay depicting flowering plants and butterflies,
the reverse with a waterside pavilion. The narrow
sides are ‘wrapped’ with a repetitive geometric
band.

3º in. (8.3 cm.) high, original lacquer stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Charles C. Cox Collection, New Zealand.
Robert Hall, London, 1990.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 2225.

EXHIBITED

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