Details
The first, blue-enameled porcelain bottle is decorated with Buddhist lions playing with ribbon-tied brocade balls, Jingdezhen, 1790-1820; the second, stoneware bottle is enameled in turquoise and aubergine tones and is molded in the shape of a squirrel grasping a bunch of grapes, 1790-1880; the third, pale-green glazed porcelain bottle is reticulated on either side through the outer case with a shou medallion and molded bats on a pierced floral diaper ground, Jingdezhen, 1820-1880.
2½, 3 and 2½ in. (6.4, 7.5 and 6.4 cm.), glass and metal, plastic and lapis stoppers
Provenance
The first:
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 46.

The second:
Ann and John Hamilton, Houston, Texas; Sotheby’s New York, 27 March 2003, lot 344.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5323.

The third:
Galerie de Lavergne, Paris, 2006.
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, 5347.
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