Page 10 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN POUCH-FORM SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1770-1850

Molded in the form of a small pouch or purse with angular loops
fanking the neck, each side is decorated in green, aubergine, black
and white with a fve-clawed dragon chasing a faming pearl amidst
clouds and fames against a pale yellow ground.
1√ in. (4.8 cm.) high, plastic stopper

$2,500-3,500

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2140.
1770-1850年 素三彩遊龍戲珠紋皮囊式鼻煙壺

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A CARVED RED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1720-1780

The bottle is carved on either side with a roundel, one with a hawk
perched on a rock emerging from waves, the other with the moon
rising from waves with a bat fying above, all set between mask and
ring handles on the shoulders.
2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high, jadeite stopper, wooden spoon

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$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:

Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1681.

EXHIBITED:

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The
Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1720-1780年 御製透明紅玻璃開光「福如東海」鼻煙壺

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