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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, 1922 AND 1930

The frst bottle, 1922, is of glass and depicts a lady playing a qin on one side and
boarding a skif on the other. The second bottle, 1930, is of quartz and is decorated
with cockerels and peonies.

2¬ and 2 in. (6 and 5.1 cm.) high, hardstone and glass stoppers (2)

$4,000-6,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle: Robert C. Eldred Co., East Dennis, Massachusetts, 1993.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 846.
Second bottle: Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4499a.
壬戌(1922)及庚午(1930)年 葉仲三作内畫鼻煙壺兩件

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