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A SMALL BANDED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1850

Of fattened ovoid shape, the bottle has a large opaque white
inclusion with areas of translucent concentric banding in the reddish-
brown stone on both sides.
1æ in. (4.4 cm.) high, rose quartz and gilt-metal stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE:

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1998.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2603.

1730-1850年 瑪瑙天然紋小鼻煙壺

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A BLACK-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
YANGZHOU SCHOOL, 1840-1900

The bottle is delicately carved through the opaque black overlay
to the opaque white ground on one side with three small pheasants
perched on rocks beneath a four-character inscription that reads tong
tang wu de (‘Five generations under the same roof’). The other side
351 is decorated with two confronting pheasants perched on branches
beneath an arching branch.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, quartz stopper

$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5369.

1840-1900年
揚州作涅白地套黑玻璃「同堂五代」鼻煙壺

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