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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE The sepia palette and loose brush strokes are typical hallmarks
Attributed to Zhang Baotian of this artist’s work despite the Zhou Leyuan inspired subject, see
Probably mid 1890’s Robert Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles, The White Wings Collection,
Painted in the style of Zhou Leyuan with a continuous scene around Hong Kong, 1997, p. 287, no. 202 for an example dated 1896
the body with a mountain and lake landscape in sepia tones and with and Bob C. Stevens Bob C. Stevens, The Collector’s Book of Snuff
a small figure in the foreground; stopper. Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, no. 915, for another
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high dated 1894.
$2,500 - 3,500 See also Humphrey K.F. Hui, Lai Suk Yee and Peter Y.K. Lam,
Inkplay in Microcosm, Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles, The
1895年前後 傳張葆田 玻璃内畫山水人物鼻煙壺 Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong, 2002, no. 93 for another example.
Provenance:
I. Harrison Family
Robert Kleiner, The I. Harrison Family Collection, 1 April 2010
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