A turquoise-enameled reticulated porcelain snuff bottle, Jingdezhen kilns, 1820-1870. Estimate $2,500 - $3,500 - Price Realized $8,125 . Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The bottle is molded in high relief with a five-clawed dragon pursuing a flaming pearl against an openwork ground of clouds and flames that encase the inner walls, all in turquoise enamel and the eyes picked out in black. 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, flower-form stopper

Provenance: Estate of Edith Griswold; Sotheby's New York, 31 May 1994, lot 706.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 1211.

Christie's. THE RUTH AND CARL BARRON COLLECTION OF FINE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES: PART I, 16 September 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza