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Ť438
A CARVED GREYISH-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE SNUFF
BOTTLE
1740-1840
The pebble-form bottle is carved throughout the deep brown colored
areas with swirling clouds parting to reveal a sinuous dragon carved
in the greyish-green area.

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

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s London, 6 December 1995, lot 630.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2027.
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438

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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE 29
1770-1840
The bottle is carved through the transparent red overlay to the
semi-transparent milky-white ground with two carp swimming
amidst lotus and water weeds.

2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2506.

EXHIBITED

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