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TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1760-1860

The first bottle, 1760-1860, is well-hollowed and of
light russet color with a pattern of semi-circles in dark
russet colors. The second bottle, 1780-1860, is of semi-
transparent grey tone and decorated with cameo carving
in the opaque russet and cream markings depicting a
rooster standing next to a cockscomb plant below a
crescent moon.

2¡ and 2¬ in. (6 and 6.6 cm.) high, shell and jadeite (2)
stoppers

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5136.
Second bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4809.

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT GROVE
STUDIO, JIAZI YEAR (1924)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous scene of
Zhong Kui being carried in a chair by a procession of
his loyal demons, carrying lanterns and a gong as they
stride across a ground of clouds.

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

$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4815.
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