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TWO FACETED SNUFF BOTTLES
1720-1820

The first bottle is amber, attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing,
and is of octagonal form with each main side faceted around the flat
octagonal center. The second bottle, Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, is
translucent red glass and of tapering rectangular form faceted at the
shoulders and above the foot, with a slightly raised conforming panel
on each main side.

2 and 3 in. (5.2 and 7.7 cm.) high, shell and jadeite stoppers (2)

$4,500-5,500

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4987.
Second bottle:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5004.

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THREE BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1800-1880 First bottle: Anita and Aaron Tilton Collection, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2009.
The first is carved through the overlay to the semi-transparent Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4953.
‘snowstorm’ ground on either side with a fish above a wave border, Second bottle: Robert Hall, London, 2009.
and with a crab and a frog on either narrow side. The second is carved Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4988.
through to the translucent white ground with a tethered horse on one Third bottle: Berton Gritoph, England.
side and a tethered dog on the other, flanked by mask and ring handles. Robert Hall, London, 2009.
The third is carved through the overlay to the opaque white ground with Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4935.
fish and water weeds.
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2¡, 2º and 2º in. (6.1 cm., 5.8 and 5.8 cm.), agate and glass stoppers (3)

$5,000-7,000

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