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•Ψ460
A RED-OVERLAY SUFFUSED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850
The bottle is carved through the transparent red overlay to the
translucent bubble-suffused ground with Liu Hai dancing atop his
three-legged toad below a string of cash above his head, the reverse
showing a celestial pagoda and cranes above crashing waves.

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1997.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2532.

EXHIBITED

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Convention, The Barron
Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
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Ť461 460
TWO COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES 461
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1890 41

The first, 1830-1880, is of tapering form and is decorated with
five-clawed dragons chasing pearls, the base with an apocryphal
Yongzheng mark. The second, 1840-1890, is decorated with bats
flying amidst clouds below a ruyi border.

2w and 2¡ in. (7.3 and 6 cm.) high, amethyst and glass stoppers (2)
$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Anita and Aaron Tilton Collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4805.
Second bottle:
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3049.

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