THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
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THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES

JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1900

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THREE ENAMELED PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLES
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1820-1900
The first, 1820-1860, is of flattened ovoid shape and is decorated on each side with a leaping cricket. The second, 1820-1860, is of squat cylindrical form and is decorated with confronted crickets in famille rose enamels. The third, 1820-1900, is of flattened form and is decorated with a cricket on one side and a moth and lady bug on the other.
2 ½, 2 5/8 and 2 ½ in. (6.3, 6.7 and 6.3 cm.) high, glass, agate and jadeite stoppers
Provenance
First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1677.
Second and third bottles:
A. Klein Collection, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, nos. 5211 and 5221.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. 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).

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