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AN IRON-RED-DECORATED PORCELAIN EGGPLANT-FORM SNUFF
BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1880

The bottle is decorated on one side with Zhong Kui, the Demon
Queller, shown in his scholar’s hat and holding a sword as he watches
a bat in fight.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long, porcelain stem-form stopper

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:

Bernice Straus Hasterlik Collection; Sotheby’s New York, 17
September 1996, lot 155.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2275.

EXHIBITED:

Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The
Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
1840-1880年 礬紅彩「只見福來」茄式鼻煙壺

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TWO WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1870

The larger bottle is carved on the two main facets with shou (long life)
and fu (happiness) characters, and on the narrow facets with a xi character,
implying double happiness, shuang xi, and there is an area of russet color
256 on one side. The smaller bottle has plain, raised panels on the sides.
2º and 2 in. (5.7 and 5 cm.) high, glass and mother-of-pearl stoppers (2)

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE:

First: Bernard Wald, New York.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5171.
Second: Robert Eldred & Company, 26 September 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 827.
1750-1870年 白玉長方鼻煙壺兩件

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