Page 22 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A ‘HAIR’ CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1880

The semi-transparent stone is suffused with reddish-brown rutile
needles.
23 in. (5.8 cm.) high, glass stopper

$2,500-3,500

PROVENANCE:

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1639.

1730-1880年 髮晶光素鼻煙壺

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A RED-OVERLAY ‘SNOWSTORM’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1730-1780

The bottle is carved through the deep-red overlay to the translucent,
bubble-suffused ground with a continuous scene of scholars gathering
in various leisurely pursuits beneath arching pine trees and a tall
plantain tree.
2√ in. (7.3 cm.) high, jade stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1624.

1730-1780年 雪霏地套紅玻璃文人雅集圖鼻煙壺

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