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                                                                                 THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN
                                                                                 SNUFF BOTTLES
                                                                                 JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900

                                                                                 The first cylindrical bottle, 1840-1900, is
                                                                                 decorated with the warlord Xiang Ji (232–202
                                                                                 BC), better known as Xiang Yu, opposite
                                                                                 a medallion containing a long description
                                                                                 referring to his legacy and beneath a further
                                                                                 inscription reading Xi Chu ba wang Xiang
                                                                                 Ji (Overlord of Western Chu, Xiang Ji). The
                                                                                 second cylindrical bottle, 1840-1900, molded
                                                                                 and enameled with various ‘antiques’. The third
                                                                                 bottle, 1860-1900, is molded and enameled on
                                                                                 one side with a seal face reading ‘Xunyangling
                                                                                 yin’ (‘Seal of the Xunyang prefect’) and a
                                                                                 censer, the reverse with a male figure riding a
                                                                                 deer, the base with a three-character mark in
                                                                                 iron red reading an le tu (‘picture of peace and
                                                                                 happiness’).

                                                                                 3, 3¡ and 2w in. (7.8, 8.7 and 7.5 cm.) high,  (3)
                                                                                 glass, agate and malachite stoppers

                                                                                 $3,500-4,500

                                                                            467  PROVENANCE

                                                                            468  First bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
46                                                                               Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
                                                                                 Massachusetts, no. 4973.
                                                                                 Second bottle: Jin Hing Co., Los Angeles, 2010.
                                                                                 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
                                                                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
                                                                                 Massachusetts, no. 5328.
                                                                                 Third bottle: A. Klein Collection, California.
                                                                                 Neal W. and Frances R. Hunter Collection,
                                                                                 Laguna Woods, California.
                                                                                 Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
                                                                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
                                                                                 Massachusetts, no. 5213.

                                                                                 䍆≢袐虈蚔聖㌉Ӳ։

                                                                                 •Ψ468
                                                                                 A CARVED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
                                                                                 1770-1860
                                                                                 The bottle is of translucent russet tone and
                                                                                 is carved through the opaque ochre-toned
                                                                                 marking on one side with a solitary hawk
                                                                                 standing on one leg. The reverse is carved
                                                                                 with two fan-tailed fish swimming amid
                                                                                 water weeds picked out in the russet skin.

                                                                                 2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper

                                                                                 $3,000-5,000

                                                                                 PROVENANCE

                                                                                 Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong
                                                                                 Kong, 2005.
                                                                                 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
                                                                                 Massachusetts, no. 4268.
                                                                                 䍆蚉⇢葦餡⥘聖㌉
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