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AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK
550 CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
90 BOTTLE 1760-1850, SIGNED
YE ZHONGSAN AUTUMN OF
CYCLICAL YEAR JIWEI (1919)

The bottle is carved on one side in high
relief through the semi-opaque skin with a
blossoming peony and rocky outcrop. The
interior is decorated in bright pigments with
figures in an outdoor landscape, and with
an inscription incorporating a cyclical date
jiwei corresponding to 1919, and the artist’s
signature, Ye Zhongsan on one narrow side.

2w in. (7.3 cm. ) high, amethyst stopper

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

Harriet Hamilton, California.
Asian Art Studio, Los Angeles, California,
2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 5050.

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Ť550

TWO GREEN-OVERLAY WHITE
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
1750-1860

The first, 1780-1850, is milky-white
translucent glass and is carved through
the green overlay with ‘antiques’ on each
side and lion-mask and ring handles on the
narrow sides. The second, 1750-1860, is of
opaque white glass and is carved through
the green overlay on either side with a bird
in a lotus pond.

2º and 2¡ in. (5.7 and 6 cm.) high, glass

stoppers (2)

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

First bottle:
Robert Kleiner, London, 2009.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 4883.
Second bottle:
Doheny Collection.
Robert Hall, London, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont,
Massachusetts, no. 3400.

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