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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE EXHIBITED
ATTRIBUTED TO YE BENQI, 1920-1940 Boston, International Chinese Snuf Bottle Society Convention,
The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
The bottle is painted with a continuous scene of eight brightly
colored birds squabbling amidst branches and on a rocky precipice.
One side has an inscription with the cyclical date Renzi (1912) and This bottle is part of a small group of inside-painted bottles likely
signature of Ye Zhongsan, followed by a red seal below the neck. painted by Ye Benqi, to which he signed his father’s name. For
another stylistically similar bottle signed Ye Zhongsan see Lilla S.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper Perry, Chinese Snuf Bottles, The Adventures and Studies of
$3,000-5,000 a Collector, 1960, pp. 135-37, no. 131.
1920-1940年 (傳)葉菶祺 水晶內畫花鳥圖鼻煙壺
PROVENANCE
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 2951.

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A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE
JINGDEZHEN KILNS, 1840-1880
The cylindrical body is decorated with a continuous scene of a
military encampment with a sleeping general projecting a dream
to a nearby Daoist priest, with swirling clouds and a crescent
moon above. The base with a blossoming lotus.
2æ in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
$1,000-2,000
PROVENANCE
Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts,
no. 1666.
1840-1880年 青花人物故事圖鼻煙壺

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