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TWO BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES A REDDISH-BROWN AND MOTTLED GREY BOWENITE SNUFF
1820-1870 BOTTLE
1780-1850
The frst, rounded, soft paste rectangular bottle, 1820-1850, is
decorated with a continuous scene probably from a novel, with an The bottle is carved in relief on one side with two horses and on the
apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base. The second, fattened pear- reverse with a goat, all amidst landscape settings.
form bottle, 1840-1870, is painted on one side with a scene of Meng 2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Haoren riding his donkey and accompanied by his attendant, the
other side with the two greeting a fower seller, and the base with an $1,200-1,800
apocryphal Yongzheng mark.
2¬ and 2Ω in. (6.7 and 6.3 cm.) high, glass and soapstone stoppers (2) PROVENANCE:

$2,500-3,500 Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5273.
PROVENANCE:
1780-1850年 鲍鮑文玉雕雙駒圖鼻煙壺
Rectangular bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5145.
Pear-form bottle: John Ault Collection.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5251.

1820-1870年
青花人物故事圖鼻煙壺兩件

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