Page 52 - Ruth and Carl Barron Snuff Bottles September 2016

475 Ť475
(two views) AN EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
EMBELLISHMENT, TSUDA FAMILY, KYOTO,
476 JAPAN, 1920-1940; THE BOTTLE 1750-1800
50 The bottle is of icy-white tone and is embellished with
applied stone, shell and gilt decoration of two boys collecting
peaches on one side, the reverse with a woman carrying a
basket with a fruiting peach branch below a phoenix.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, agate stopper
$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE

The Wise Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4806.
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䅄垆怳፧爅衇㡓坩㌉䍆

Ť476
A CARVED BLACK AND GREYISH-WHITE JADE
SNUFF BOTTLE
MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1850
The bottle is of mottled and flecked black and white tones.
The front is carved through the white skin with a scholar and
attendant below a craggy pine tree.
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, metal stopper
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3954.
䍆蒗悕Ӵ㌁⥘聖㌉