Page 90 - The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part I

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A CARVED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880

The body is carved in high relief with two birds perched in a prunus
tree growing from rocks on one side, and a bear watching an eagle
perched in the branches of a pine tree on the reverse.
3 in. (7.5 cm.) high, glass stopper

$3,500-4,500

PROVENANCE:

Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4781.

The combination of eagle (ying) and bear (xiong) provides the rebus
yingxiong, meaning ‘champion’ or ‘hero’.

1800-1880年 琥珀雕「喜上眉梢」圖鼻煙壺

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