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                       AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
                       SIGNED CHEN ZHONGSAN, DATED WUWU (1918)
                       The bottle is painted with a continuous scene of a multitude of insects including preying
                       mantis, cicadas, spiders, dragonfies, butterfies and katydids in a natural setting.
                       2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
                       $3,500-4,500
                       PROVENANCE
                       Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1994.
                       Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no 1683.
                       戊午年(1918)   陳仲三作玻璃內畫草蟲圖鼻煙壺









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