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TWO ENAMELED BLACK-GROUND
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880

The cylindrical bottles are decorated in
iron-red and gilt. The first bottle, 1830-1880,
depicts a sinuous dragon. The second, 1820-
1860, depicts Zhong Kui being carried by a
procession of his demons.

3 and 3º in. (7.6 and 8.2 cm.) high, glass and

agate stoppers (2)

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5032.
Second bottle:
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California
1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 1588.

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534 THREE GLASS OVERLAY SNUFF
80 BOTTLES
1780-1900

The first, 1800-1860, is carved through
the transparent red glass overlay to the
transparent pale-blue ‘snowflake’ ground
with a pomegranate, a peach, and a bat.
The second, 1820-1900, is carved through
the opaque black glass overlay to the clear
glass ground with two fantailed fish. The
third, 1780-1860, is carved through the
opaque black glass overlay to the opaque
turquoise ground with two chilong, the
smaller clutching a branch of lingzhi.

2º, 2º, and 2æ in. (5.7, 5.7 and 7 cm.) high,

glass stoppers (3)

$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

First and second bottles: Ruth and
Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, nos. 4963 and 3466.
Third bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4971.

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