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Ť442

TWO CARVED JADE SNUFF BOTTLES
1760-1850

Both bottles are of pale celadon and brown tone. The first
bottle, attributed to Suzhou School, is pierced and carved with a
pomegranate surrounded by flowering fruit branches and bats.
The second is a large double-gourd carved with a monkey carrying
a branch of peaches and bats.

2º and 2q in. (5.7 and 3.8 cm.) high, glass and agate stoppers (2)
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2464.
Second bottle:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2522.

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A CARVED SOAPSTONE ‘MONKEY AND BAT’
SNUFF BOTTLE 443
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The caramel-toned bottle is carved in the form of a sack cinched with
a cord suspending tassels and a wan pendant, with a monkey clinging
to one side and a bat on the other.

2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, agate stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Gerry P. Mack Collection; Sotheby’s New York, 25 Oct 1997, lot 60.
Victor Topper, Toronto.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2525.
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