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A CARVED SMOKY CRYSTAL FACETED SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
The transparent stone is of smoky-brown color with a semi-translucent greyish-white skin
carved with a willow tree in the foreground and a fgure in a boat approaching a pavilion
amidst bamboo on the narrow adjacent facet, one cane of bamboo extends around the side,
and the opposite narrow facet is carved with a four-character inscription, ren zui chun feng
(‘leisure in the spring’), followed by an oval seal.
2æ in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2855.
EXHIBITED
Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection,
23-26 September 2008.
1760-1860年 煙晶雕「人醉春風」圖鼻煙壺

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