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PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
903
TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
Ye Family Studio, 1913 and 1915
Each carrying a Ye Zhongsan signature, one painted with figures
enjoying a civilized gathering at a bamboo grove, and a scholar
accompanied by his assistant holding a qin, dated guiyou (1913), the
second painted continuously with fish, dated yimao (1915).
2 3/8 and 2 1/2in (6 and 6.4cm) high (2).
$1,500 - 2,500

904
THREE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
Including two conjoined bottles: one painted with a landscape, cranes
at a lotus pond, and birds flying toward a blooming tree, the second
painted with a remote village nestled in mountains, a prunus branch,
and vases containing flowers neck to artful rocks; the third painted
with a boy flying a kite on the back of a buffalo, signed Pingyun.
905 2 1/8 to 2 1/4in (5.4 to 5.7cm) high (3).
$1,000 - 1,500

905
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Bi Rongjiu (1874-1925）
Skillfully painted to one side with three swallows dotting between a
pine tree and floating blooming branches, dated yimao zhongchun
(February 1915), signed Rongjiu with one painted seal, the reverse with
a dedication inscription, painted with a tranquil landscape with houses
in the background.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$1,000 - 1,500

906
A RED OVERLAY ‘SNOWFLAKE’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1800-1920
Supported on a neat oval foot ring, the upright bottle decorated in
cranberry red overlay, carved with archaic bronze vessels, flower
vases, and scholar’s objects.
2 7/8in (7.3cm)

$800 - 1,200
906
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