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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880
Details
TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880
The first bottle is molded with two panels depicting scenes from a novel, set on a yellow ground with blue mask and ring handles, with an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base. The second bottle is molded in high relief and decorated in bright enamels, the two sides showing figural scenes of figures struggling over a staff. The narrow sides are enameled with gilt and floral motifs, and the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
2 ½ and 3 in. (6.4 and 7.6 cm.) high, glass, quartz and shell stoppers
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1880
The first bottle is molded with two panels depicting scenes from a novel, set on a yellow ground with blue mask and ring handles, with an apocryphal Qianlong mark on the base. The second bottle is molded in high relief and decorated in bright enamels, the two sides showing figural scenes of figures struggling over a staff. The narrow sides are enameled with gilt and floral motifs, and the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
2 ½ and 3 in. (6.4 and 7.6 cm.) high, glass, quartz and shell stoppers
Provenance
First bottle:
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4907.
Second bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5195.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4907.
Second bottle:
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5195.
Literature
R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, XV, The SB Collection, London 2011, no. 137 (second bottle).
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP