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           AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE              Su Fengyi was born in Hebei province in 1960 and is a recognised
           Su Fengyi                                         contemporary snuff bottle artist who is best known as a skilled painter
           Signed and dated renshen year, corresponding to 1992   of animals, birds and plants. As one of the best traditional artists of the
           Of globular shape with short cylindrical neck, painted in a continuous   new generation of China, Su Fengyi has developed a sophisticated
           scene with a rooster, hen and chicks below an inscription with date,   style of inside painting, transforming a small space with an austere,
           signature and seal, yin, on one main face, and a rooster and hen with   simple and serene elegance.
           flowering branches below the title, the name Fengyi and seal yin, on
           the reverse; painted at the One Bottle Studio; stopper.
           2 1/8in (5.4cm) high

           $1,500 - 2,500
           壬申年(1992) 蘇鳳羽 玻璃内畫酉雞圖鼻煙壺

           Provenance:
           Robert C. Eldred, 22 August 1996, lot 469

           Exhibited:
           International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9
           November 2013, no. 67





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