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1820-1880
Details
THREE BLUE AND WHITE SNUFF BOTTLES
1820-1880
The soft paste, rectangular bottle, 1820-1850, is decorated on either side with a courting scene between molded mask and ring handles, the base with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark. The bottle of square section, 1850-1880, is decorated on each side with two buddhist lions beneath bats on the top and the neck. The third, cylindrical bottle, 1830-1850, is decorated with a continuous scene of eight various zodiac animals beneath a dragon peering from clouds.
2 ½, 3 1/8 and 3 in. (6.3, 7.9 and 7.5 cm.) high, plastic and jadeite stoppers
1820-1880
The soft paste, rectangular bottle, 1820-1850, is decorated on either side with a courting scene between molded mask and ring handles, the base with an apocryphal Yongzheng mark. The bottle of square section, 1850-1880, is decorated on each side with two buddhist lions beneath bats on the top and the neck. The third, cylindrical bottle, 1830-1850, is decorated with a continuous scene of eight various zodiac animals beneath a dragon peering from clouds.
2 ½, 3 1/8 and 3 in. (6.3, 7.9 and 7.5 cm.) high, plastic and jadeite stoppers
Provenance
Rectangular bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4893.
Square bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5157.
Cylindrical bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5301.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4893.
Square bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2001.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5157.
Cylindrical bottle: Robert Kleiner, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5301.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not
be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked
these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import
any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).
Sale room notice
Items which are made of, or contain, rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, lots which contain rubies or jadeite of Burmese origin or of indeterminate origin have been marked with ?.