Page 131 - Carl Barron Snuff Bottle Collection, CHRISTIE's Spet 12 2018

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A CARVED CAMEO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1860
One side is carved in high relief with a blossoming prunus tree,
highlighted by dark brown inclusions, the other side with a bird
on a small fowering branch.
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1783.
1760-1860年 瑪瑙巧雕梅紋鼻煙壺

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A TURQUOISE-BLUE OVERLAY MILKY GLASS PROVENANCE
SNUFF BOTTLE Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
1760-1840 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 3066.
The bottle is carved through the transparent turquoise-blue overlay
to the ‘snowfake’ ground with a continuous scene on one side of 1760-1840年 雪霏地套松石藍綠玻璃松鶴延年圖鼻煙壺
a scholar and attendant in a bamboo grove, the reverse is carved
with a crane fying over a waterfall towards a pine tree.
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000

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