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225 PROVENANCE:
AN EMBELLISHED WHITE JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
THE BOTTLE, 1750-1850, EMBELLISHMENT JAPANESE, TSUDA FAMILY, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1995.
KYOTO, 1920-1940 Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1988.
The bottle is embellished in lacquer and soapstone with a bird 白玉嵌寶「麻姑獻壽」圖鼻煙壺
perched on a fruiting peach branch on one side and on the reverse 壺：1750-1850年
with a female immortal holding a rose in one hand and a basket of 嵌飾：1920-1940年，京都津田家族
fowers in the other while standing in front of a fowering branch.
The stone is of even white tone.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000
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