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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE For another bottle dated 1908, with an almost identical subject,
Meng Zishou, 1911 see Humphrey K.F. Hui, Lai Suk Yee and Peter Y.K. Lam, Inkplay in
Of large rounded oval shape with tall cylindrical neck with slightly Microcosm, Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey K.F.
concave mouth and a wide oval foot with a narrow foot ring, painted Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
in a narrow range of colors in a continuous scene with bug-eyed fan- 2002, no. 130, where the authors note that there are various versions
tailed fish amidst fronds swimming below a huge weeping willow on of the same subject dated to 1906, 1907 and 1908. They note the
a nearby bank with rockwork, two swallows fly above near a twelve- consistency of the subject with little variation. We can add to that
character inscription which includes the signature, seals and the number, an example dated to 1911, though here the maturity of the
cyclical date xinhai. artist is more visible in the spacing and addition of fan-tailed fish below
3in (7.7cm) high the spreading willow.

$2,500 - 4,000 For a miniature example and further discussion of the subject, see
Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese
Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part I,
1911年 孟子壽 玻璃內畫金魚飛燕鼻煙壺 Inside Painted, pp. 504-505, no. 632.

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