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A CONJOINED PORCELAIN ‘ZHONGKUI A MULTI-COLOR OVERLAY AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘CATS AND
AND DEMON’ SNUFF BOTTLE ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE DOG’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Hongxian nian zhi mark, 1916-1920 1820-1880 Chen Runpu (b. 1946), dated 1988
The ‘demon queller’ and his prey rendered Of compressed globular form with a waisted Of rectangular form with a spreading oval
humorously in overglaze enamels. neck, flat and thin lip, the body applied with foot, finely painted on one side with two cats
1 15/16in (4.9cm) high various color overlays, worked to present and butterflies in a pleasant garden setting,
insects hovering over a lotus pond with the verso depicting a dog standing by rocks
US$600 - 800 golden fish, a carefully carved lotus leaf and bamboo, both sides with matching
forming the foot. titles of the paintings, signed Runpu, dated
9277 2 1/8in (5.4cm) high wuchen (1988), with multiple red seals
A THREE-COLOR OVERLAY (lacking spoon).
DECORATED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE US$1,000 - 1,500 3 1/8in (8cm) high
1750-1850
Of rounded form, its neck slightly narrowing 9280 US$800 - 1,200
towards a wide mouth, flat lip, carefully A RED OVERLAY DECORATED MILKY
recessed foot, the yellowish-brown bottle WHTE GLASS ‘GOURD’ SNUFF BOTTLE 9284
decorated with green, red, and yellow 1750-1850 AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF
overlays and carved to one side to present The rounded bottle with a waisted neck, flat BOTTLE
bat and lingzhi, reversed with a large leafy lip, carved through the red overlay against Liu Kunyan (b. 1952), dated 1988
pomegranate. a milky-white ground with leafy gourds and Painted to the front and reverse with female
2 3/8in (6cm) high slender tendrils. figures and young boys in an outdoor setting,
2 3/8in (6cm) high one side inscribed, signed Kunyan, dated
US$1,200 - 1,800 wuchen (1988), with two painted red seals;
US$1,000 - 1,500 the narrow sides flanked with two raised lion
Provenance mask-and-ring handles.
purchased from Robert Hall, 12th October 9281 2 3/4in (7cm) high
1991 A RED OVERLAY ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS
formerly in the Marian Meyer Collection, no. SNUFF BOTTLE US$600 - 900
561 1830-1880
Of thin rectangular form, with a waisted
Illustrated neck, wide mouth and splayed oval foot ring,
Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II including carved through the red overlay with animals
an important selection from the Marian Meyer and bamboo to the front and back (rim
Collection, London, 1989, no. 127 chipped).
2 9/16in (6.7cm) high
9278
A BLUE OVERLAY DECORATED CLEAR US$500 - 800
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1880 9282
The slender bottle with sloping shoulders, A MULTI-COLOR OVERLAY MILKY
standing upon a well-finished oval foot ring, WHITE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
the front and back worked with sapphire-blue 1820-1880
overlays, finely carved on one side with a cat The opaque white bottle of tapering ovoid
and a butterfly, and the reverse depicting a form, rising to a slightly recessed lip, the side
large vase containing a leafy orchid and a walls carved through multi-color overlays
lingzhi branch tied with tasseled coins, with to one side with a ruyi scepter next to a
a tiny bird perched on rocks nearby; all in vase containing grains and a staff tied with
contrast to a clear ground. a golden fish, the reverse depicting leafy
2 3/8in (6cm) high double-gourds surrounded by bats and a
butterfly; with a green overlay foot ring.
US$1,200 - 1,800 2 3/4in (7cm) high
Provenance US$800 - 1,200
Robert Hall, 30 September 1992
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