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AN EMBELLISHED JADE SNUFF BOTTLE
THE BOTTLE, 1750-1850; EMBELLISHMENT JAPANESE, TSUDA FAMILY,
KYOTO, 1920-1940

The pale-grey jade bottle is embellished with soapstone, enamel,
lacquer and gilt, on one side with a gilded vase of fowers, a fnger-
citron branch and ‘antiques’, and on the other side with a fowering
branch with two butterfies above.
2Ω in, (6.3 cm.) high, jade stopper, wood spoon

$800-1,200

PROVENANCE:

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 39.

灰白玉嵌寶博古圖鼻煙壺
壺: 1750-1850年
嵌飾: 1920-1940年，京都津田家族

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A SMALL CARNELIAN AGATE ‘THUMBPRINT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1740-1850

The tapering ovoid body has a bold ‘thumbprint’ pattern inclusion in
the richly colored stone on one side.
1√ in. (4.6 cm.) high, glass stopper

$1,200-1,800

PROVENANCE:

Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4980.

1740-1850年 玉髓瑪瑙天然紋鼻煙壺

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