Page 94 - Carl Barron Snuff Bottle Collection, CHRISTIE's Spet 12 2018

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A MOLDED AND ENAMELED EXPORT-STYLE PROVENANCE
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
BOTTLE JINGDEZHEN KILNS, Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3017.
DECORATION GUANGZHOU, 1770-1820
For a discussion of a similar bottle, see Moss, Graham, Tsang,
The bottle is enameled with two lobed, raised panels, one with
a lady smoking a pipe on one side and a mandarin gentleman The Art of the Chinese Snuf Bottle, The J & J Collection, Vol. I,
holding a lantern on the other, all on a stippled-green ground. New York, 1993, p. 289, no. 230.
1770-1820年 廣彩模印開光人物圖鼻煙壺
2æ in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper and metal spoon
$3,000-5,000
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AN OPAQUE IMITATION AGATE BROWN GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY IMPERIAL GLASSWORKS,
BEIJING, 1760-1860
The fattened bottle is of opaque tan color with streaks of
translucent dark brown. The narrow sides are carved with pierced,
dragon scroll handles.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,500-3,500
PROVENANCE
Asiantiques, Winter Park, Florida, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2085.
The eighteenth-century Court took pleasure in all things novel,
which included the concept of teasing the eye by recreating more
precious materials in glass. Because of the versatility of glass as
a material and the multitude of colors that were easily produced,
it was often used to simulate such material as jade, jadeite,
hardstones, realgar and amber, among others. The markings
and color of the present bottle bring to mind agate.
The dragon scroll handles on this bottle, with their pierced,
tight scrolls, are very unusual.
706 1760-1860年 仿瑪瑙玻璃雕龍紋鼻煙壺
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