Page 39 - Ruth and Carl Barron Snuff Bottles September 2016

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A CARVED WHITE JADE MELON-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1840
The bottle is carved in the form of a bitter melon with raised leaves
and stems. The stone is of near-white tone.

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

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2529.
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TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES 454
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1910 37

The first, 1870-1910, is of flattened ovoid form and is decorated
with pavilions in a landscape. The second, 1840-1880, is of squat
cylindrical form and is decorated with roundels of coiled dragons on
the sides, and with a dragon on the shoulder and on the base.

3 and 2¡ in. (7.6 and 6 cm.) high, glass and hardstone stoppers (2)
$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3712.
Second bottle:
Baroness Jacobea Sapuppo, Italy.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3384.

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