TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
This lot is offered without reserve.
TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900

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TWO MOLDED AND ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1900
Each bottle is molded and enameled on one side with a seal face reading 'Xunyangling yin' ('Seal of the Xunyang prefect') and a ritual bronze, and on the reverse with a man riding a deer, the base has a three-character mark in iron red reading an le tu ('picture of peace and happiness').
2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm.) high, agate and hardstone stoppers
Provenance
First bottle: Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1936.
Second bottle: Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4224.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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