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A CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
SNUFF BOTTLE
MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1850
The bottle is carved in low relief on each side with confronted
archaistic dragons and on the narrow sides in high relief with a
chilong.

2q in. (6.4 cm.) high, agate stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s New York, 22 September 1995, lot 95.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1980.
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Ť430
A YELLOW GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS, BEIJING, 1700-1850
The compressed globular bottle is of even egg-yolk-yellow color.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Dinah O’Brien.
Robert Hall, London, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2316.
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