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Ť531
A SILVER SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1880
The bottle is decorated in repoussé with a dragon beneath a key-fret
band on the shoulder.

3º (8.2 cm.) high, silver and glass stopper

$1,200-1,800

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5415.
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Ť532 531
A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1850 532
The bottle is carved through the dark translucent red overlay to the 79
semi-transparent white bottle with two chi dragons below fruiting
vines.

3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, shell stopper

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5199.

LITERATURE

R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, XV, The SB Collection, London 2011,
no. 47.
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