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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Chen Shaofu, 1905
Of rounded rectangular shape, painted in pastel shades on one main
face in the style of Zhou Leyuan with a windy lake or coastal landscape
with figures in a boat under willow and on the other in the style of
Meng Zishou with three fish below the signature and date of yisi and a
painted seal.
2 7/16in (6.1cm) high, stopper

$1,500 - 2,500

1905年 陳少甫 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺

See also Humphrey K.F. Hui, Lai Suk Yee and Peter Y.K. Lam, Inkplay
in Microcosm, Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey
K.F. Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong
Kong, 2002, no. 140, for a bottle with a brighter palette depicting
children.

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