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Ť502

THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1933

The first bottle, with a mark on the base dated
to the guiyou year (1933), is decorated on either
main side with a profile head of a European, with
a shop mark, Beiping Deshoutang yaodian (‘The
Pharmacy of Virtue and Longevity of Beiping’)
on one narrow side, and the type of medicine
which was originally packed in the bottle on the
other. The second bottle, Tongzhi four-character
mark in iron red and of the period (1862-1874), is
decorated overall with a pattern imitating caning
beneath four bats on the shoulders. The third
bottle, 1820-1860, is painted on either side with
Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller.

2q, 3¿ and 2º in. (6.5, 8.1 and 5.9 cm.) high, (3)
glass stoppers
502
(mark) $3,200-4,200

503 PROVENANCE
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First bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5265.
Second bottle: Chepstead Collection.
Clare Lawrence Collection.
Sotheby’s New York, 17 March 1997, lot 385.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5317.
Third bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5042.

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Ť503
A SILVER SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY MONGOLIAN, 1770-1850
The bottle is decorated with a band of
intertwined strapwork on the shoulder and
lappets above the foot.

2q in. (6.4 cm.) high, stone stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4825.
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