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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED ‘BUTTERFLIES’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE PROVENANCE:
SIGNED BAI LANGCHEN
Christopher Randall collection.
白郎宸作 玻璃內畫蝶戀花紋鼻煙壺 Property of an important private Asian collector.
The snuf bottle is painted to both sides with butterfies in fight above fowers. LITERATURE:
One side is signed with the artist’s name and a seal.
Christopher Randall, Masterpieces of miniature art : Zihu Studio the K. H. Yeo
2¬ in. (6.6 cm.) high collection of Chinese snuf bottles, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 235, no. 131.
來源：Christopher Randall先生珍藏
£3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600
€4,100-6,800
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘LOTUS POND’ SNUFF BOTTLE PROVENANCE:
SIGNED LI YINGTAO, DATED THE SECOND MONTH OF GENGYIN
YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 2010 Property from an important private Asian Collector, acquired direct from the
artist.
2010年 李英濤作 玻璃內畫荷塘翠鳥鼻煙壺
來源：購自畫家本人
The bottle has two fxed-ring Buddhist lion handles to the shoulder. Each side
of the interior is painted with a colourful scene depicting a kingfsher amongst
lotus in a pond, and is inscribed with the date, artist’s name and one seal.
3º in. (8.2 cm.) high
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
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