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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘BIRDS ON
BRANCHES’ SNUFF BOTTLE
BY YE ZHONGSAN, DATED 1912
6.8 cm, 2⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Y.F. Yang, Hong Kong, 22nd October 1969 (HK$2,500).
HK$ 10,000-15,000
US$ 1,300-1,950

1912年 葉仲三作玻璃內畫鼻煙壺

來源：
同豐行，香港，1969年10月22日（HK$2,500）

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A PUDDINGSTONE SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY
5.3 cm, 2⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Y.F. Yang, Hong Kong, 13th November 1972 (HK$5,000).
HK$ 15,000-20,000
US$ 1,950-2,550
According to Bob C. Stevens in The Collector’s Book of
Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, puddingstones
are ‘conglomerates of sedimentary rocks, composed of a
cementing matrix holding numerous rounded pebbles, which
vary in size, shape, color, textures, hardness, and mineral
content.’ He illustrates a puddingstone bottle, also carved
with mask and mock-ring handles, op.cit., p. 167, fig. 618.
Clare Lawrence, in her discussion of a puddingstone bottle
in the Monimar Collection, Miniature Masterpieces from the
Middle Kingdom: The Monimar Collection of Chinese Snuff
Bottles. London, 1996, p. 107, states that ‘Western collectors
have traditionally found “puddingstone” bottles to be most
attractive if the irregular pebbles in the matrix are of a larger
size.’
清十八至十九世紀 抱子石瑪瑙鼻煙壺

來源：
同豐行，香港，1972年11月13日（HK$5,000）
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