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A CARVED JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE
1790-1860
The bottle is of deep olive and brown tone with a bright russet-toned
skin on either side and foot ring. One side is carved with a scene of
a pine tree, bat and deer, the other with a hawk, plum tree and a feline.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper
$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2795.
䍆蒗⇧℡⥘聖㌉

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A GREEN-OVERLAY SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1850
The transparent, pale lime-green glass overlay is carved in high relief
to the semi-translucent bubble-suffused ground with two chilong.
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, quartz stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2318.
䍆⥶㍩堘在ぞ聖㌉

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