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543 PROVENANCE:

FOUR GLASS INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES Property of a Gentleman.
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
清十九及二十世紀 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺一組四件
The group comprises: a bottle decorated with a pavilion in a riverside
landscape; one decorated with boys at play holding lanterns signed Ge Lang
to one side and Hong Sheng to the other; one painted with a cavalry en route;
and one with two scholars in an extensive river landscape, signed and dated
wuxu year.
The largest 3¿ in. (8 cm.) high

(4)

£1,200-1,800 $1,800-2,600
€1,600-2,300

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544 PROVENANCE:

THREE INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES Property of a Gentleman.
19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
清十九及二十世紀 瑪瑙及玻璃內畫鼻煙壺一組三件
The group comprises: an agate ‘pomegranate’ snuf bottle signed Ye Shuying
and dated to bingwu year corresponding to 1966; a rock crystal snuf bottle
decorated with a bird and prunus, inscribed and signed; and a bottle decorated
with a scholar, signed (Zhou) Leyuan and dated to renwu year corresponding
to 1882.
The largest 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high

(3)

£800-1,200 $1,200-1,700
€1,100-1,500

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