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AN INSIDE-PAINTED BLUE GLASS (two views)
SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT 440
GROVE STUDIO, XINWEI YEAR (two views)
(1931)
The bottle is decorated on each side with a
scene from the Dream of the Red Chamber
and inscribed with a poetic description
referring to each scene.

2Ω in. (6.4 cm.) high, amethyst stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5113.
辛未年(1931)
葉仲三款藍玻璃内畫紅樓夢人物故事圖
鼻煙壺

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF
BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT
GROVE STUDIO, DATED JIAZI YEAR
(1924)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous
scene of Zhong Kui, The Demon Queller,
and his demon attendants taking his sister
to be married as she rides in a wheeled
chair, and an inscription incorporating a
cyclical date, jiazi, corresponding to 1924,
followed by the signature and seal of the
artist.

2¿ in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4814.

LITERATURE

R. Hall, Boston Snuf Party, Chinese Snuf
Bottles XII, London, 2008, no. 80.
甲子年(1924)
葉仲三款玻璃内畫鍾馗嫁妹圖鼻煙壺

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