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Ť496

TWO ENAMELED AND MOLDED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLES
SCHOOL OF WANG BINGRONG, JINGDEZHEN
KILNS, 1840-1920

The first bottle, with incised Tongzhi four-character mark and
of the period (1862-1874), is covered in pale green enamel and
molded in high relief with a scaly five-clawed dragon with
carved details and bulging eyes highlighted in black enamel,
pursuing a flaming pearl amidst clouds, the opposite side
with a tiger. The second bottle, 1840-1920, is covered in a
brighter green glaze and is carved and molded on either side
with a crane perched in a pine tree, the base inscribed Wang
Bingrong zuo (Made by Wang Bingrong).

2w and 2æ in. (7.3 and 7.1 cm.) high, amethyst and glass (2)
stoppers

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE 496

First bottle:
Agatha Aronson Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 5377.
Second bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4769.

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Ť497
A CARVED YELLOWISH-GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1850
The bottle is carved through the brown skin to the yellowish-
green ground with a scene of Shoulao, the god of Longevity,
standing beneath a gnarled pine as a kneeling monkey offers
him a peach.

2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

The Marks Collection.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4804.
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