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JULIA SHACKELFORD HUNTER COLLECTION OF SNUFF BOTTLES

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE WUZI YEAR
CORRESPONDING TO 1948

1948年 葉仲三(款) 水晶內畫獵雁圖鼻煙壺

The snuf bottle is painted to the inside with a continuous mountainous
scene of two fgures on horseback hunting geese with a bow and arrow,
accompanied by their attendants. There is a calligraphic inscription to one side
with the artist’s signature and one seal.

2¡ in. (6 cm.) high

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

PROVENANCE:

The Julia Shackelford Hunter Collection of snuf bottles, acquired in China
1948-1949.

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A RED-OVERLAY ‘SNOWSTORM’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A RED-OVERLAY ‘SNOWSTORM’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
LATE 18TH-EARLY 19TH CENTURY 18TH-19TH CENTURY

清十八世紀末/十九世紀初 清十八/十九世紀 霽雪白地套紅玻璃團篆書字紋鼻煙壺
霽雪白地套紅玻璃鯉魚海螺紋鼻煙壺
The snuf bottle is carved through the red overlay to the ‘snowstorm’ ground
The snuf bottle is fnely carved through the red overlay to the snowfake white
ground with a carp fsh and conch shell to one side and a carp beside a catfsh with an archaistic medallion to either side.
to the other.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high

£1,500-2,000 $2,300-3,000
€2,100-2,700
2 in. (5 cm.) high

£1,500-2,000 $2,300-3,000
€2,100-2,700
PROVENANCE:

The Julia Shackelford Hunter Collection of snuf bottles, acquired in China
1948-1949.

PROVENANCE:

The Julia Shackelford Hunter Collection of snuf bottles, acquired in China
1948-1949.

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