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A HAIR CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE A ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 1730-1850 PROBABLY BEIJING, QING DYNASTY, 1720-1840
The rectangular bottle is carved of colourless crystal with icy The colourless, almost flawless crystal is carved with a slightly
flaws and inclusions of straw-coloured rutile crystals. Together concave lip and base. Together with a rock crystal snuff dish.
with a red hair crystal snuff dish. Bottle: 2.¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper;
Bottle: 2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, tourmaline stopper; Dish: 1Ω in. (3.9 cm.) diam. (2)
Dish: 13 in. (3.3 cm.) diam. (2)
HK$40,000-60,000 US$5,200-7,800
HK$26,000-35,000 US$3,400-4,500
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE Bottle: The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Bottle: The Hendry Collection Massachusetts, no. 9, sold at Christie’s, New York, 16
Dish: Sold at Christie’s New York, 1 October 2008, lot 315 (one September 2015, lot 220 (one of two)
of ten)
LITERATURE
Bottle: Hugh Moss and Stuart Sargent, The Water Pine and
清1730-1850年 金髮晶鼻煙壺 Stone Retreat Collection of Snuff Bottles. Part One. Imperial
（連金髮晶鼻煙碟） Influence over the Snuff Bottle Arts, Hong Kong, 2017, no.
31.1.486
來源
壺：Hendry珍藏 清1720-1840年 水晶鼻煙壺
碟：紐約佳士得，2008年10月1日，拍品315號（其中之一） （連水晶鼻煙碟）

來源
壺：Ruth及Carl Barron伉儷珍藏，馬薩諸塞州，典藏編號9，
紐約佳士得，2015年9月16日，拍品220（其中之一）
出版
壺：莫士撝、薩進德，《水松石山房鼻煙壺珍藏：第一部 宮
廷風趣、技藝在鼻煙壺美術中所起的作用》，香港，2017
年，編號31.1.486

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