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408 Ť408
A RED-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
409 PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING,
(two views) 1760-1840
12 The bottle is carved through the transparent red glass overlay to the
translucent ‘snowflake’ ground with five Buddhist lions playing amidst
ribbons and brocade balls.
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, stone stopper
$1,200-1,800

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2065.

LITERATURE

Symposium on Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Carl F.
Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International Chinese
Snuff Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed 2008, p. 22.
䍆⥶㍩蔶∇Ն葁偤↗⥘聖㌉

Ť409
A WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, 1791-1799
The bottle, of thin, flattened baluster form with a flared neck and
narrow sides with flat facets is carved from stone of near-white tone
and suffused with light russet markings. Both sides are carved
with an imperial poem on snuff bottles by Emperor Qianlong, the
characters filled with gilt.
2q in. (6.4 cm.) high, turquoise stopper
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

John Ault Collection, Bangkok.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4257.
䍆䕩ㅳ邘蒗圖聖㌉