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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR

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AN AMETHYST SNUFF BOTTLE, A SMALL LIGHT BLUE CRYSTAL PROVENANCE:
SNUFF BOTTLE, AND A RED OVERLAY GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) The amethyst bottle: Sotheby’s Australia, 14 May 2012, lot 427 (one of three).
The blue crystal bottle: Collection of Margaret Polak.
清 紫晶、淡藍晶及霏雪地套紅料鼻煙壺 一組三件 Property of an important private Asian Collector.

The frst is carved in low relief to each side with a pair of long-tailed birds 來源：紫晶於2012年5月14日澳洲蘇富比拍賣，拍品第
perched upon a blossoming tree, the stone is of a light purple tone. The second 427號（其中之一）
is carved in low relief with panels enclosing scrolling fowers below a petal
band. The third is carved through the red glass to the snowfake ground, 淡藍晶Margaret Polak私人珍藏
decorated with two panels enclosing a bat and peaches and a dragonfy and
pomegranate.

The largest, 2Ω in. (6.5 cm.) high (3)

£2,000-4,000 $3,100-6,100
€2,800-5,400

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of pomegranates, it is dated and signed by the
TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES artist with one seal. The amber glass snuf bottle 仿琥珀料鼻煙壺：購自倫敦古董商
AND A FAMILLE ROSE AMBER GLASS is decorated with butterfies in fight amongst Robert Kleiner先生
SNUFF BOTTLE scattered peonies and prunus.
THE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED LITERATURE:
YE ZHONGSAN, DATED WINTER OF YIYOU The largest 2æ in. (6.7 cm.) high (3)
YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1945 The amber glass snuf bottle: K.H. Yeo, The Master
£600-1,000 $910-1,500 Enameller, Hong Kong: 2011, p. 66-67, no. 8.
THE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE €820-1,400
SHUYING, DATED WINTER OF RENZI YEAR, For other inside-painted snuf bottles showing
CORRESPONDING TO 1972 PROVENANCE: exotic animals painted by members of the Ye
family, see JICSBS, Spring 1984, p. 66, fg. 188;
THE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING The blue glass snuf bottle: Bonhams Autumn 1984, p. 82, fg. 240; and Spring 1985,
DYNASTY (1644-1911) Knightsbridge, 7 November 2011, Lot 175 p. 99, fg. 255. All three, like the present bottle,
(one of four). are signed as if they were by Ye Zhongsan, but
1945年（葉仲三款）、1972年（葉 The amber glass snuf bottle: With Robert Kleiner, they are more likely to have been painted by Ye
澍英款）及清 London. Xiaofeng in the family workshop.
藍料及瑪瑙內畫及粉彩玻璃鼻煙壺 Property of an important private Asian collector.
一組三件
來源：藍料鼻煙壺：倫敦邦瀚斯
The blue glass snuf bottle is of angular form and Knightsbridge，2011年11月7日，拍
is painted with a camel and a zebra, it is dated and 品175號（其中之一）
signed by the artist with one seal. The agate snuf

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