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AN ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE 304
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880

The cylindrical bottle is carved on one side with a scene of two white
egrets standing in a pond amidst lotus plants, all glazed white, green
and brown against the ochre ground. An apocryphal Chenghua mark
is on the base.
3¿ in. (7.9 cm.) high, green glass stopper

$1,000-1,500

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4928.
1820-1880年 素三彩「一路連科」圖鼻煙壺

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A BLUE AND WHITE-ENAMELED MOLDED PORCELAIN SNUFF
BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1760-1800

The bottle is made in imitation of blue glass overlay. Each side is
molded in relief with a foliated dragon emitting lingzhi-shaped vapor
from its mouth, with bats above and a petal lappet band below, all in
blue enamel on an opaque white ground.
3¿ in. (8 cm.) high, lapis lazuli stopper

$1,000-2,000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4885.

For a related bottle decorated with an archaistic kui-dragon band see
H. Moss and S. Sargent, This Snuff Bottle Monkey Business, The Mullin
Collection and Its Story, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 358, no. 166.

1760-1800年 白地藍彩螭龍銜芝紋鼻煙壺

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