Lot Essay
Compare to a bottle of the same form and with iron-red decoration from The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part V, sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2015, lot 329
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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1870
Details
A MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1870
The flattened, circular bottle is decorated on either side with a raised roundel surrounded by five bats, one roundel containing a crane standing on a rocky precipice above crashing waves, the reverse with five immortals standing on a rocky precipice surrounded by pines.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.), glass stopper
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1830-1870
The flattened, circular bottle is decorated on either side with a raised roundel surrounded by five bats, one roundel containing a crane standing on a rocky precipice above crashing waves, the reverse with five immortals standing on a rocky precipice surrounded by pines.
2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.), glass stopper
Provenance
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2245.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2245.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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