Page 108 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A BLACK AND IRON-RED-DECORATED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE A BLACK-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1860 1820-1870

Each side is molded with a raised panel, one decorated in black as the The opaque black overlay is carved through to the clear glass ground
face of a watch, the other decorated with fve iron-red fsh, their eyes with a large, fat ovoid panel on one side that is carved with a ten-
picked out in black. character inscription from a poem by Dai Jin commenting on scenes
2º in. (5.7 cm.) high, glass stopper of Spring. The other side is decorated with a similar panel with a
six-character archaistic inscription taken from the poem ‘Seeking But
$1,600-2,400 Not Finding the Recluse’ by Jin Dao and can be translated as “Under
the pines I ask the boy...” The narrow sides are decorated with
PROVENANCE: double-ring handles beneath a black swirl at the mouth.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5311.

1820-1860年 礬紅彩「金玉滿堂」鼻煙壺 $1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE:

B. Humphrey, Texas.
William Turner, Texas.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts, no.
5312.

1820-1870年 透明地套黑玻璃詩文鼻煙壺

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