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A RED-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1770-1860
The transparent, deep ruby-red overlay is carved to the opaque
white ground with a sinuous four-clawed dragon striding towards
a faming pearl.
2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1995.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1760.
LITERATURE
Symposium on Chinese Snuf Bottles from the Collection of Carl
F. Barron, Presented at the Annual Convention of the International
Chinese Snuf Bottle Association, Boston, privately printed, 2008,
p. 22.
1770-1860年 白地套紅玻璃遊龍戲珠圖鼻煙壺

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AN ENAMELED AND MOLDED PORCELAIN
SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900
One side has raised decoration of a seal face reading Xunyangling
yin (‘Seal of the Xunyang prefect’) and a censer, the reverse is
decorated with a lady riding a tiger and wielding a sword
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, glass and metal stopper
$1,500-2,500
PROVENANCE
The Oriental Corner, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 4033.
A related bottle decorated with an identical raised seal, but in
underglaze blue, is illustrated by Moss, Graham, Tsang in A
Treasury of Chinese Snuf Bottles: the Mary and George Bloch
Collection, Vol. 6, Part 3, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 886, no. 1421.
1840-1900年 粉彩模印博古圖鼻煙壺

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