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THREE JADE SNUFF BOTTLES PROVENANCE
1750-1880
First bottle:
The first, 1750-1850, is a semi-transparent, greenish-yellow jade Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
double bottle decorated with bands of geometric carving. The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5007.
second, 1780-1880, is a white jade ovoid bottle with cream-toned Second bottle:
mottling and is carved in high relief with a female immortal on Robert Kleiner, London, 2010.
clouds. The third, 1760-1860, is a miniature white jade bottle with Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5084.
raised panels. Third bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
1æ, 2¡, and 1º in. (4.5, 6 and 3.1 cm.) high, tourmaline, jadeite and Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3772.

glass stoppers (3) 䍆蒗聖㌉Ӳ։

$4,000-6,000

Ť483
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED BI RONGJIU, SHANDONG SCHOOL
The bottle is decorated with birds on flowering branches with the
artist’s signature and an illegible seal, the reverse with a boy riding a
buffalo and playing a flute.

3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, shell and metal stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 431.
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