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A YELLOW GLASS ‘CHILONG’ SNUFF BOTTLE AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
18th/19th century Signed Ye Zhongsan
Of flattened rounded form, with a flat lip and wide mouth, the front The large rounded bottle painted on one side with a group of nine
and back of the bottle carved with a pair of confronted curling chilong Immortals variously waving cymbals, discussing a book, riding a tiger
dragons with bifurcated tails, jadeite stopper. and splitting open his head to reveal another head beneath, the other
4.8cm (1 7/8in) high (2). side similarly painted with nine Immortals engaged in other activities
including one sitting on a Buddhist lion, one opening his chest to
£4,000 - 6,000 CNY39,000 - 58,000 reveal a smaller figure inside and others conversing whilst holding their
HK$47,000 - 71,000 attributes, a green dragon descending towards the group through
clouds, rose quartz stopper.
十八/十九世紀 黃料蟠螭紋鼻煙壺 6.6cm (2 5/8in) high (2).

Provenance: a European private collection £4,500 - 6,000 CNY44,000 - 58,000
HK$53,000 - 71,000
來源： 歐洲私人收藏
葉仲三款 玻璃內繪道仙圖鼻煙壺
A related yellow glass ‘chilong’ snuff bottle, with similar confronted
chilong design, attributed to the Beijing Palace workshops was Provenance: an English private collection
published by D.Low in ‘New Additions to the Denis Low Collection of Sold in these rooms, 8 November 2012, lot 289
Snuff Bottles’, Arts of Asia, May-June 2015, p.65. A distinguished European private collection

來源： 英國私人舊藏
2012年11月8日於倫敦邦瀚斯拍賣，拍品289號
歐洲私人收藏

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