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THREE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES PROVENANCE
1720-1860
First and second bottles:
The first, 1720-1860, is of natural pebble form streaked with dark Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 47
markings. The second, 1750-1850, is of flattened ovoid form, the and 53.
pale greyish-honey stone marked with amber-colored markings on Third bottle:
both sides. The third, 1770-1860, is of flattened ovoid form with dark Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 25 August 1994.
concentric circular patterns in the pale-greyish honey-toned stone. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1491.

䍆蚉⇢聖㌉Ӳ։

2¿, 2æ and 2º in. (5.4, 7 and 5.7 cm.) high, mother-of-pearl and

jadeite stoppers (3)

$2,000-3,000

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A RED-OVERLAY ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1800
The bottle is carved through the deep red, transparent overlay to the
bubble-suffused clear-glass ground on one side with the longevity
symbolism of a pagoda below a flying crane, the other side with a bat
above jagged rocks, all amidst crashing waves.

3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3508.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
䍆⥶㍩蔶∇牥㥘獴⥘聖㌉

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