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JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1910
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THREE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1910
The first bottle, 1820-1870, is decorated with a scene from 'Journey to the West', with figures before a gate marked yunzhandong ('cloud pathway cave'), the base with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark. The second, 1830-1880, is of bulbous form and is decorated with a scene of eight figures hunting before a gate marked 'Victory Gate,' beneath the inscription 'Hoist the victory flag.' The third, flattened vase-form bottle, 1840-1910, is decorated with long-tailed birds perched on flowering plants.
2 3/8, 2 5/8 and 2 7/8 in. (6, 6.6 and 7.4 cm.) high, glass, and agate stoppers
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1910
The first bottle, 1820-1870, is decorated with a scene from 'Journey to the West', with figures before a gate marked yunzhandong ('cloud pathway cave'), the base with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark. The second, 1830-1880, is of bulbous form and is decorated with a scene of eight figures hunting before a gate marked 'Victory Gate,' beneath the inscription 'Hoist the victory flag.' The third, flattened vase-form bottle, 1840-1910, is decorated with long-tailed birds perched on flowering plants.
2 3/8, 2 5/8 and 2 7/8 in. (6, 6.6 and 7.4 cm.) high, glass, and agate stoppers
Provenance
First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1156.
Second and third bottles:
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 1269, 1587.
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1156.
Second and third bottles:
Dennis G. Crow, Los Angeles, California 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 1269, 1587.
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Margaret Gristina
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