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9051 (two views)                                                      9052 (two views)

9051                                                                  PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTHWEST COLLECTION
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Zhou Leyuan, 1888                                                     9052
Of compressed form, with sloping shoulders and a flat lip, the foot   A CARVED NEPHRITE SNUFF BOTTLE
slightly recessed, one side painted with a landscape, the other with  1780-1820
birds and a distant waterfall, dated wuzi zhong chun (1888, middle    Upright rounded rectangular form, with a flat lip, carved in low relief
spring) and signed Zhou Leyuan, with a painted seal.                  with a continuous landscape, supported by an oval foot rim.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high                                                  2 3/8in (6cm) high

US$1,000 - 1,500                                                      US$5,000 - 7,000

Provenance                                                            1780-1820 青玉帶棕斑刻山水人物鼻煙壺
Hugh Moss Ltd., by repute

1888 周樂元作 玻璃內畫山水花鳥圖鼻煙壺
《周樂元》款

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