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Property from the Bentley 7184 7185
Collection, London, A blue glazed dual-layered An enameled porcelain
United Kingdom porcelain snuff bottle snuff bottle
1796-1820 Tongzhi mark, 1861-1873
7183 Of tapering ovoid form, with a waisted Very well-potted, the slopping form bottle
An inside-painted glass neck, flared lip and foot, the outer layer rising to a short neck, flat lip, painted in
snuff bottle reticulated with nine playful lions chasing enamels and gilt with a dignitary in an official
Ye Zhongsan, 1911 ribboned ‘brocade’ balls amid cloud scrolls, hat riding a horse, the reverse depicting
Of rounded square form with a straight neck, the shoulder and foot surrounded by bands figures rowing a boat carrying a cannon and
flat lip, splayed oval foot ring, the interior of lingzhi-heads, all surfaces covered with banners, the recessed foot framing the six-
painted in soft-hued colors with two episodic deep purple-blue glaze except for the gilt- character mark in seal script.
scenes titled Xihu Zhu and Huang Ying from heightened lip and foot pad. 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
Liaozhai Zhiyi, one depicting two female 2 3/8in (6cm) high $1,500 - 2,000
figures in theatrical custumes on horseback, $2,000 - 3,000
followed by another female holding a spear Provenance
over her shoulder, with two men looking Provenance the Bentley Collection, U.K.
on through the openings of large pierced The Bentley Collection, U.K. Robert Kleiner, Belfont Ltd., 1991
rocks, the reverse displaying two men in Sotheby’s, London, 24 April 1989, lot 195
conversation at garden near a dwelling with a The Eric Young Collection Published
woman enjoying her meal by a table. The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff
2 3/4in (7cm) high Illustrated Bottles, Asian Art Studio, Inc., 2008, p. 102
$3,000 - 4,000 Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection
of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 111
Provenance
The Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby’s, London, 24 April 1989, lot 133
The Eric Young Collection
Illustrated
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection
of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 68
Liaozhai Zhiyi (Strange Tales from a Chinese
Studio) is a collection of nearly 500 mostly
supernatural tales written by Pu Songling in
classical Chinese during the early Qing Dynasty.
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