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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE For an example depicting very similar fish, see Hugh Moss, Victor
Meng Zishou Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, Treasury, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside Painted,
Signed and indistinct cyclical date possibly reading xinhai year, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 510-511, no. 635 and dated to 1909. See also
corresponding to 1911 Christie’s New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part VI, 12
Of rounded rectangular shape, painted in a continuous scene with September 2018, lot 655, for a crystal example dated 1909 and also
carp, long-tailed goldfish and aquatic fronds below the inscription, painted with a continuous scene of swimming fish.
signature and seal on one side; stopper.
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000
或為辛亥年（1911） 孟子受 玻璃内畫金玉滿堂鼻煙壺
Provenance:
Robert C. Eldred, 25 August 2001, lot 190
Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9
November 2013, no. 88
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