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TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1880

The first is of flattened ovoid form, with a bold ‘thumbprint’ pattern
on both sides. The second has ochre-yellow and amber-colored
markings in the pale milky-white agate.

2q and 2º in. (6.3 and 5.7 cm.) high, glass stoppers (2)
$2,200-3,200

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4803.
Second bottle:
The Ko Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2601.

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TWO MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880 447
The first is deeply molded in relief and picked out in bright enamels 33
with a writhing dragon on one side and a phoenix on the other, and
has an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base. The second is molded
with bats and clouds over a stippled ground, and an apocryphal
Qianlong mark is on the base.

3¿ and 2w in. (7.9 and 7.3 cm.) high, porcelain and agate stoppers (2)

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4487.
Second bottle:
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1237.
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