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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLES
CIRCA 1892-1915

The frst bottle, 1892-1915, by Tang Zichuan and with
an apocryphal signature of Zhou Leyuan, is decorated
on either side with a mountainous river landscape.
The second bottle, signed Chen Zhongsan and dated
jiyou year (1909), is painted on one side with a male
fgure riding a donkey followed by an attendant in a
mountainous landscape, the reverse with a crane gazing
at the sun on a rocky outcrop next to a pine tree and
fowers.

Both: 2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stoppers (2)

$1,400-2,400

PROVENANCE

Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, nos. 481 and 5149.
1892-1915前後 玻璃内畫鼻煙壺兩件

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A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1900
The bottle is decorated with a continuous design of
camellia and prunus branches growing amidst rocks.
1√ in. (4.8 cm.) high, agate stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Howard Kaplan (The Jade Collector), Los Angeles.
Ann and John Hamilton, Houston, Texas, no. 195.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4247.
1800-1900年 黃地掐絲琺瑯花卉紋鼻煙壺

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