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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Yan Yutian, 1895
Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on both sides with scholars
in landscape settings, one side inscribed with a date of yiwei and Yan
Yutian, followed by a painted seal.
2 1/4in (5.6cm) high, stopper

$1,200 - 1,800

1895年 閆玉田 玻璃內畫山水人物鼻煙壺

For another bottle by Yan Yutian also dated to 1895 and depicting a
similar scene on one side of figures huddled under the straw roof of a
hut in a river or coastal landscape, see Christie’s, New York, The Ruth
and Carl Barron Collection: Part VI, lot 634.

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