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A CARVED AGATE POUCH-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1820
The bottle is of pale honey tone with patches of white iridescence
on the neck. It is carved in low relief on either side with lotus and
other water plants.

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3505.
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THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1900 First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
The first, 1820-1860, is of flattened ovoid shape and is decorated Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1677.
on each side with a leaping cricket. The second, 1820-1860, is of Second and third bottles:
squat cylindrical form and is decorated with confronted crickets in A. Klein Collection, California.
famille rose enamels. The third, 1820-1900, is of flattened form and Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
is decorated with a cricket on one side and a moth and lady bug on Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos.
the other. 5211 and 5221.

2q, 2¬ and 2q in. (6.3, 6.7 and 6.3 cm.) high, glass, agate and 䍆≢袐虈蚔へへ⥘聖㌉Ӳ։
jadeite stoppers
(3)
$2,200-3,200

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