Lot 39
Lot 39
PROPERTY FROM THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION
A GROUP OF FOUR MIXED MEDIA SNUFF BOTTLES

1800-1900

Price Realised USD 1,500
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USD 1,200 - USD 1,800
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A GROUP OF FOUR MIXED MEDIA SNUFF BOTTLES

1800-1900

Price Realised USD 1,500
Price Realised USD 1,500
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The first is a flattened spade-shape turquoise bottle with gilt metal neck, 1800-1900; the second, a hollowed walnut bottle, is decorated with a thin, clear lacquer and with green-lacquered neck; the third, a flattened spade-shaped silver bottle is decorated with shou characters; the fourth, a painted red plastic bottle, is molded with figural scenes in imitation of lacquer, with a gilt metal mouth and foot, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
2, 2, 2½ and 2⅛ in. (5.2, 5.2, 6.5 and 5.5 cm.), high (gilt metal and plastic stoppers)
Provenance
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 2593, 2598, 4714, AA5.
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