Page 68 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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285 PROVENANCE:
A FIVE-COLOR-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1760-1830 Robert Kleiner, London, 2003.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3763.
The bottle is carved through the translucent overlay of ruby-red,
sapphire-blue, turquoise, amber-yellow and olive-green to the 1760-1830年 涅白地套五色玻璃八吉祥紋鼻煙壺
white ground with the Eight Buddhist Emblems (bajixiang), and the
foot is cleverly formed by the green conch shell. 286
2º in. (5.8 cm.) high, pink tourmaline stopper TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES
1780-1880
$2,500-3,500
The larger is carved using the russet-brown areas of the warm grey
286 stone with lotus leaves and grasses, and a small hovering insect on one
side. The smaller is carved using brown areas of the pale grey stone
on side with two buddhist lions, one with a brocade ball, and on the
reverse with a cat laying on a rock as it looks up at a butterfy.
2¬ and 2¿ in. (6.6 and 5.5 cm.) high, glass stoppers, metal spoon (2)

$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE:

Bottle with lotus:
Robert Eldred & Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 26 August 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 855.
Bottle with buddhist lions:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong.
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1230.

1780-1880年 瑪瑙巧雕鼻煙壺兩件

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