Page 86 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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AN AMBER-OVERLAY CLEAR GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
PROBABLY PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1760-1840

The bottle is carved through the transparent amber overlay to the
bubble-suffused ground on either side with a coiled chi dragon with
its head turned back to bite a curled tendril.
2√ in. (7.2 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,500-5,500

PROVENANCE:

Goldney Collection; Weller’s Surrey, 23 March 2009.
Robert Hall, London.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5000.

1760-1840年 雪霏地套琥珀色玻璃螭龍紋鼻煙壺

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A FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
IMPERIAL, JINGDEZHEN KILNS, DAOGUANG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK
IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850)

The bottle is decorated on one side with a panel of three cockerels,
one standing atop a blue rock, and on the reverse with a cicada
310 pendent from hibiscus above begonia, the panels within gilt borders
on a brown scroll-decorated lime-green ground.
2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, pink glass stopper, metal spoon

$2,500-3,500

PROVENANCE:

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5022.

清道光 四字篆書款
御製淺綠地粉彩開光錦雞圖鼻煙壺

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