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Ť518 PROVENANCE
TWO ENAMELED PORCELAIN DOUBLE-SNUFF
BOTTLES First bottle: Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1900 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1254.
Both bottles of cylindrical form, the first, 1830-1900, is decorated Second bottle: Beverley Hall Collection, Massachusetts.
in iron red with two immortals and two bats. The second bottle, Gerry Mack Collection.
1830-1880, is decorated in famille rose enamels with a continuous Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
battle scene. Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5159.

2q and 2¿ in. (6.4 and 5.4 cm.) high, glass and agate stoppers (2) 䍆≢袐虈蚔䑨聖㌉ᢔ։

$1,200-1,800

Ť519
TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880
The first bottle is molded with two panels depicting scenes from a
novel, set on a yellow ground with blue mask and ring handles, with an
apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base. The second bottle is molded
in high relief and decorated in bright enamels, the two sides showing
figural scenes of figures struggling over a staff. The narrow sides are
enameled with gilt and floral motifs, and the base with an apocryphal
Qianlong mark.

2q and 3 in. (6.4 and 7.6 cm.) high, glass, quartz and shell stoppers (2)

$2,800-3,800

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4907.
Second bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5195.

LITERATURE

R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, XV, The SB Collection, London 2011, no.
137 (second bottle).
519 䍆昖≇≢袐虈蚔ᡱ՞艴噦Կ⥘聖㌉ᢔ։

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