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A BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
The well-hollowed bottle is carved from stone of pale-grey and
honey color with three large white horizontal bands encircling
the sides.
2¿ in. (5.3 cm.) high, glass stopper
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1267.
Banded agate bottles were symbolic of a successful military
career, the band or ‘jade belt’ around the middle evoking the jade
belts worn by oficials. This is an unusual example of the type as it
contains three bands, possibly inferring a very successful career.
1750-1850年 瑪瑙天然紋鼻煙壺

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A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PROVENANCE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, Robert Hall, London, 1995.
BEIJING, 1780-1840 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1865.
The opaque blue overlay is carved through to the translucent white
ground with two fve-clawed dragons, one striding above waves The deep blue color of the overlay on a white ground evokes
from which the other rises.
examples of porcelain bottles of similar form decorated in
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper underglaze blue.
1780-1840年 白地套藍玻璃雲龍紋鼻煙壺
$4,000-6,000

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