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AN OCHRE-BROWN AND GREENISH-YELLOW JADE
SNUFF BOTTLE
MASTER OF THE ROCKS SCHOOL, 1740-1850
The pale ochre-brown skin on the main side is carved with a fenced
garden with a bridge, large tree and a figure, likely Shoulao, followed
by an attendant carrying a staff that suspends a double gourd. The
mottled reverse is undecorated.

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1675.
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Ť547 PROVENANCE

THREE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES First bottle:
1700-1920 Lin Collection.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2003.
The first bottle, 1820-1920, is of opaque white glass with black, Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3829.
green and red inclusions resembling peacock feathers. The second Second bottle:
‘realgar’ glass bottle, probably Imperial Glassworks, Beijing, Clare Lawrence Ltd., London, 2000.
1700-1800, has mottled red and orange markings with horizontal Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2008.
banding. The third bottle, 1730-1850, has swirled pink, green and Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4760.
white tones sandwiched between two layers of transparent pale- Third bottle:
green glass. Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5342.
2q, 2q and 2¡ in. (6.5, 6.5 and 6.1 cm.) high, stone, shell and glass
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stoppers (3)

$3,000-5,000

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