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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE For two bottles, each dated to 1895, one painted with a similar
Yan Yutian vegetal scene with cabbage leaves and chrysanthemum blooms, the
Signed, circa 1895-1900 other with a similar waterfall landscape scene, see Hugh Moss, Victor
Of rounded rectangular shape, painted with a waterfall in a coastal Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The
or lakeside mountain landscape on one main face, the reverse with Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol 4, Part 1, pp.466-467, no. 616
a crab below beneath a large cabbage leaf, chrysanthemums, three and pp.470-471, no. 618, respectively and a discussion of Yan Yutian’s
water chestnuts and two jujubes, all below the signature Yutian and a artistic development.
seal of the artist also reading, Yutian; stopper.
2 1/2in (6.2cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
1895-1900 閆玉田 玻璃内畫燕掠秋山鼻煙壺

Provenance:
A Private Collection, Brussels
Espace 4, Laurence Souksi, Paris, 21 February 2017

Literature:
Laurence Souksi, Espace Quatre, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Catalogue
No. 1, Paris, 2013, no. 29

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